Try some colourful circle art to explore shapes and scissor skills.
LEGO® math games
Do your kids love LEGO®? Just manipulating the pieces, snapping them together and pulling them apart is a great work out for fingers, helping to develop fine-motor skills, but Lego is a classic open-ended toy that can be used in so many different ways by creative kids. My girls most often use their Lego to build imaginary buildings or enclosures for their toy animals but recently L has been using them in lot of math games.
Letter and maths games with autumn leaves
Bring on the autumn! There’s not much better to lift your spirits than jumping through a big pile of crunchy leaves with your kids. While you’re out and about enjoying the new season, collect up some leaves and bring them home to play these seasonal letter and maths games.
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Autumn art from The Garden Classroom
We’ve been combining two activities from my book The Garden Classroom this week to create some beautiful autumn art. Taking the idea of leaf art and adding it to my Sticky Picture frames, here’s what we made.
Fizz, Pop, Bang! Playful Science and Math Activities
The Fizz, Pop, Bang! Playful Science and Math Activities ebook is designed to bring hands-on fun and enjoyment to math and science. It is packed with powerful learning opportunities in math and science, shared through ideas that incorporate art, play, sensory learning and discovery, for a whole-brain approach.
Add some Fizz, Pop, Bang! to your learning
This book is for you if…
:: your child is three to eight years old and you are looking for ideas to bring hands-on fun to their learning
:: you are looking for a broad range of math and science activities for home or for school
:: you want activities that your child will enjoy and which encourage them to think, question, explore and discover through rich, creative learning
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What you get in Fizz, Pop, Bang!
Flower mandala designs for children
Combine natural, sensory materials, art, math and a little meditation and make some pretty flower mandala designs.