Colourful, scented, sticky and fun: we’re learning scissor skills with jelly sensory play.
Colourful, scented, sticky and fun: we’re learning scissor skills with jelly sensory play.
Maps are a wonderful invitation to discover a new place, full of adventures and possibilities! Here are five ways you can use maps for storytelling, language skills, and reading activities.
The BBC reported this week that homemade play dough can contain enough salt to poison children. It said no fatalities have been reported, but advised that children should be watched carefully when playing with any play dough. It didn’t offer any alternative recipes that contain little or no salt, and it didn’t say that play dough is an amazing sensory material that offers so much to children who have the opportunity to play with it.
Homemade play dough, used with thought, care and imagination, is perhaps the best childhood material there is, in my opinion. So, rather than feel scared that it might harm our children, and stop using it, let’s look at how amazing it is, and try a salt free play dough recipe.
Want great ideas for playing with chalk? Read on for my favourite ways to use chalk, with ideas for chalk art, games, math, literacy, action games and puppets.
Please welcome another of our super guest writers to NurtureStore. Today Stephanie from Twodaloo is bringing us a gorgeous toddler craft idea where the process of making it is just a fabulous as the finished product: a wonderful toddler-created clay pot garden sculpture.
Of all the playdough recipe variations we make I think this chocolate playdough recipe smells the best!