Combine my natural play dough recipe, loose parts, and a free bird puppet printable to explore how birds make nests, and enjoy some bird-themed sensory and imaginary play.
Loose parts Easter egg decorating station
Combine loose parts and play dough for a wonderful easter-themed invitation to play and create making loose-parts Easter eggs.
Loose parts Easter egg decorating station
10 easy winter sensory play activities for children
Super fun, super sensory play activities that invite your children to learn through their senses as they explore doughs, paints, ice, and cookies!
10 easy winter sensory play activities for children
Christmas play dough recipe
This Christmas play dough recipe is inspired by the Christmas-flavoured sugar I make each year to go on our Christmas-movie-popcorn. The sugar smells exactly like Christmas, with a blend of herbs and spices that fills the house with a festive feeling and, as I often have play dough on my brain, I thought why not try it for a Christmas play dough recipe?
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The Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book
Love sensory play? You’ll love The Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book. It’s a fantastic resource that brings you recipes and ideas for a whole year of play.
The Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book
Play dough is such a beneficial material for children to play with and so versatile that it can be used however old your children are, and whatever their passions might be.
The Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book brings you recipes and play ideas for a whole year of activities. It includes great ideas for sensory and imaginative play, creating small worlds, art projects, and math and literacy activities.
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Math games :: bake some shapes
Active math games are more fun than worksheets, aren’t they? I was reminded of a great phrase this week : hands on, brains on! Children learn through their senses, through hands-on play and through doing. This idea combines all three – let’s bake some shapes!
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Salt dough candle holders for Diwali
Will you be celebrating Diwali with your children next month? I think observing festivals from many different cultures is a wonderful way to introduce kids to the wider world. The festival of lights is taking place on Wednesday November 11th 2015 and a creative way to mark the occasion by making some salt dough candle holders.
