MONTESSORI TRAY ACTIVITY – SNOWBALL COUNTING
We are using white pom poms as counting manipulative's for this activity and jars with numbers written on them, placed in sequence. We then count the correct number of snowballs…
CHRISTMAS FINE MOTOR ACTIVITY. Prezzie sorting!
Who fancies helping Santa with his prezzie sorting? EVERYONE!!I ordered some of these little decorative gift boxes from Amazon. They were only a couple of pounds for a large pack…
SORTING CHRISTMAS SOCKS! simple grouping activity!
This is a super easy activity and a great life skill for children to learn. Lets be honest, having help with grouping socks on laundry day is never going to…
CHRISTMAS MATHS – VISUAL ADDITION
You will need:Small Christmas items that you can use to count5 dishes with the numbers 1 - 5 written on themSet up the dishes in numerical order and offer up…
STARTING SCHOOL MADE EASY! Part 5
Starting school is a huge transition for even the most confident of children. There are so many things that they will have to start doing for themselves and it can…
EXPLORING THE BUG SENSORY TRAY
The "Bug sensory tray" has been a big hit. Everyone (including the adults) have had a rummage around in it. There have been grouping of bugs, counting of bugs, moving…
DUPLO – ENCLOSURES AND DESIGNATED AREAS.
Following on with the love of Duplo and the learning experiences that are being created through our play, I thought this post was a must for sharing. One little child making…
“FEED THE KITTY” BOARD GAME REVIEW
We love playing games and I always look for new games that help to support a child's mathematical or literacy development. We picked this up from a car boot sale…
“4” NUMBER PLAY TRAY – TODDLER ACTIVITY
After a quick observation of the current children in my setting, I noticed that most could recognise numerals to 3. I suspect this has something to do with those numbers…
I AM MAKING THINGS WITH HEADS!
"I am making things with heads! I have 2 heads!"That is what I was told and that is what she made!Little "E" has the concept of recognising a quantity at…