HOW TO MAKE – CHRISTMAS SCENT BAGS
The smells of Christmas are just as important as the tastes and images. The whole sensory experience becomes etched in our memories and makes up our big picture of Christmas. …
GOOD CLEAN FUN
Forest school is generally a grubby place full of mud! Today was a bit different! We had a particularly busy session and I had many cups to wash. So out…
SENSORY TRAY – YUMMY BUILDING SITE!
This is a sensory tray that even the littlest children and babies can enjoy (as long as they are old enough for dry cereal). I simply filled a shallow dish…
IT’S OK. THEY COME WASHABLE!
I will be totally honest. If you want your child to stay clean, then my setting is not for you! From the moment a child is mobile I encourage them…
SUNFLOWER SEEDS…. PLEASE BRING THE SUN!
We are quite late on this I know but we finally planted our sunflower seeds. My eldest son took his cousin outside and helped him plant seeds in the planter…
“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…
“Aa” TRAY. TODDLER ACTIVITY15
I find setting up play trays a really goo544wd way to focus the children1's interest and play. It's like curiosity sets in and they all want to know what fun…
ANIMALS AND THEIR YOUNG -TODDLER MATCHING GAME
A real fun and simple, cheap activity to do with little ones is to cut out pictures of animals and then pictures of their young. laminate them if you wish…
PAINTING A GARDEN WITH TODDLERS.
The children have been using nature as inspiration for their painting today. They used different brushes and rollers to make marks on their paper that reminded them of the plants…