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||FLOWER ICE||
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Best kind of play for a hot hot afternoon. I froze some edible flowers in the ice cube trays - the first tray with lavender and the second with blue pea flowers. The lavender tray has a lovely flowery lavender smell while the ice in blue pea tray turned purpleish blue.
||PLAYDOUGH||
This simple activity allow children use their imaginations and strengthen the small muscles in their fingersāthe same muscles they will one day use to hold a pencil and write. Playdough also encourages children's language and literacy, science, and math skillsāall at the same time!
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How to make no cook playdough:
ā¢ 1 cup flour
ā¢ 1/2 cup salt
ā¢ 1 tbsp cream of tartar
ā¢ 1 tbsp oil
ā¢ 1 cup boiling water
- add all dry ingredients and mix it, add the boiling water slowly and add the oil. Gently mix it and then use your hands to knead. I added a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil to give it a nice nature smell. You can choose to add some food dye if you want it coloured. :)
||INSECTS||
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Pumpkin seeds based insect themed sensory play.
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All is needed for this set-up:
ā¢ Pumpkin seeds
ā¢ Insects figuring (we got ours from @tickleyoursenses
ā¢ I threw in some branches/logs/leaves
ā¢ a tray/tub
Took me 5 mins to set this up and the girls 10months - 18months were engaged for a good 30mins.
||DIY BABY SHARK||
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Some DIY activities!!
ā¢ Pic 1-3: Feed baby shark
- I painted baby shark on a piece of cardboard, put some pom poms out and allow them to āfeedā it. I threw in some tongs for added challenge and for them to practice fine motor skills.
- heck: if you got no time to paint, just print out the picture of baby shark, cut it and stick it on a tissue box.
ā¢ Pic 4: Matching
- match the figuring to the cut-outs on the right. I basically printed and laminate the pictures. Iāve got the template, so DM me if you want it.
ā¢Pic 5-6: Posting activity
- I used the same cut-out, stuck them on toilet paper rolls and cut a hole in the mouth. This allow the girls to scoop the pasta into the sharkās mouth.
ā¢ Pic 7: Vertical posting
- I slid the box and insert some jumbo popsicle sticks into it. I stuck some pictures of sea creatures on it. They begin with pulling out the sticks and then inserting it and repeat till they had enough.
||SALT PLAY||
To prepare, dye the salt in food dye. I use about one cup of salt per colour. Put them in individual ziplock, add a couple drops of food dye and a tbsp of water, shake it and leave it out to dry.
Suitable for 10 months and up.
||FROM THE PANTRY||
Setting up a play like this doesnāt have to be complicated or difficult. Things to prep:
ā¢ Oats
ā¢ Pasta (dyed in blue food colouring)
ā¢ Pebbles
ā¢ Turtle figuring
ā¢ Scoops/cups/bowls
You donāt really need all of the above, just some sensory bases, scoops and bowls will do the trick too. š„ø
What I would suggest is to prep some sensory bases when you have extra time so you can simply set up a simple and quick sensory play anytime. Swipe to last picture to see how you can store them.
Comment if you are interested to know how to prep sensory bases.
Our tray and Sea turtle life cycle set from @tickleyoursenses š„° Age group: 8 months - 8 years old
||OCEAN SAGO SENSORY PLAY||
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Nothing beats sensory play. Sensory play is any kind of play that allows children to explore and play using any or all of their five senses, making connections and strengthening the neural pathways to their brains.
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Need:
ā¢sago
ā¢ water in pot
ā¢ food dyes
ā¢ tub for play
ā¢ cups and spoons
Process:
- cook the sago according to instructions on the packaging, drop a couple drops of food dye in the water as it cooks to colour them easily. Alternatively, you can add the food dye after its cook if you want it to have multiple colours.
Add the prepared sago into the tub, throw in some scoops/cups/bowls and we are ready for some fun.
Age group: 8 months - 8 years old
||OCEAN||
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We are back to phase 2 here in Singapore meaning stricter restrictions. We canāt quite go to the beach, so we made our own.
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This set-up took me 5 mins to prep. Basically threw in some sand, shells, rocks, marine creatures and water with blue food colouring. They were engaged in this for an hour which is an extremely long time for 17 months bub. Our marine creatures are from @minizooshop
||BEAR HUNT||
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Things we used for this set-up:
ā¢ Grass - picked up from the ground
ā¢ River - water and blue food dye
ā¢ Mud - Cocoa powder, corn starch, flour and water
ā¢ Forest - picked up dried leaves, tree barks and branches
ā¢ Snow - cotton wool
And Iām absolutely in love with our tuff tray from @sgnutsandbolts š
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||JELLO||
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It'sĀ Messy Monday and today's activity is jelly sensory play.
Itās also a super easy to set-up activity. I basically bought a pack of Jello from the supermarket, followed the instructions on it and tadahhhhhā¦ itās all done. I threw in some dried flowers just for extra texture. Just prepare a bucket of water to clean them up after.Ā And my trusty waterproof mat from @rudienudie_designs . We are using the small for this but we got it in large too and I canāt wait for my jumbo one to arrive š
||EARTH DAY||
Set-up:
ā¢ A cup of baking soda
ā¢ 2 cups of white vinegar
ā¢ blue and green food colouring
ā¢ A round dish
ā¢ 2 droppers (I would recommend bigger dropper for younger kids as it is easier for them to manage. The ones we used were a little challenging for them).
Steps:
1. Pour the cup of baking soda on the round dish
2. Drop a couple drops of food colouring into the vinegar
3. Allow the children to freely drop the solution into the baking soda
This activity is for children 16 months and up. I think older children will enjoy it as much too and there are so many things they can discover through this experiment.
