ANZAC Day Poppy Activity
Creating beautiful red craft poppies on a background of ‘Lest We Forget’ is a great activity for young students to support and enhance classroom …
Printable Measuring Length Learning Centre Mats
The Measuring Length Activity Mats provide a hands-on opportunity for children to indirectly measure a range of pictures and write their answers on a …
Printable Measuring Length Activity Mats
The Measuring Length Activity Mats provide a hands-on opportunity for children to indirectly measure a range of pictures and write their answers on a record sheet. Includes 6 recording mats and 16 pictures to measure. All six recording sheets are different. Laminate the measurement recording sheets and pictures for a re-usable teaching resource.
Measurement Length Activity – The Really Big Dinosaur
This measurement lesson was inspired by the story The Really Really Big Dinosaur by Richard Byrne. It really got my Pre-primary (4-5 year olds) …
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Balancing Felt Balls – Fine Motor Fun
I am always looking for playful and inviting ways for kids to develop their fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills using fun resources. These felt …
Sensory Exploration with Sand
Funnels, tubes, sifts, bottles, scoopers, spoons, bottle tops and SAND! The perfect sensory play recipe for kids with endless fun and exploration. There are …
Tea Leaves Textured Play Dough Recipe
Tea Leaves Scented Play Dough Recipe is naturally coloured, textured and scented from the addition of tea leaves to a basic play dough recipe. …
Printable Dot-to-Dot Shapes Charts
The Dot-to-Dot Shapes Charts are a re-usable printable that can be used part of learning centres, small group activities or independently to learn how to draw several two-dimensional shapes.
Includes 15 shapes, circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, heart, star, crescent (and moon), rhombus (and kite), semi-circle, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon and trapezoid.
Fine Motor Work Station or Centre Activity
Creating patterns, swirls, squiggles and zig-zags with buttons, children will have so much fun playing with this fine motor work station or learning centre …
Bugs and Bottle Tops
Bugs and Bottle Tops is a simple and fun activity for kids to play with. It is a great opportunity for children to develop …
Creative Sand Art Activity
Creative Sand Art Activity was inspired by reading the story Magic Beach by Alison Lester (affiliate link). This activity is open-ended and great for multi-age …
Measurement Maths Centre Activities
Today I am sharing two measurement math centre activities I have been doing with my Pre Primary class (5 year olds). I have been …
Printable Measurement Activity Mats (STANDARD PRINT)
The Printable Measurement Activity Mats (STANDARD PRINT) are a great addition to any early childhood or junior primary learning environment. The mats provide a hands-on activities opportunity for children to compare objects directly by placing one against the other. Children can play and measure with play dough, leaves, sticks, straws, string and so much more!
Printable Measurement Activity Mats (CURSIVE PRINT)
The Printable Measurement Activity Mats (CURSIVE PRINT) are a great addition to any early childhood or junior primary learning environment. The mats provide a hands-on activities opportunity for children to compare objects directly by placing one against the other. Children can play and measure with play dough, leaves, sticks, straws, string and so much more!
DIY Chalkboard Branch Circles
I am always looking for fun ways to encourage and motivate children in developing their fine motor and writing skills. I made these DIY …
Counting with Dominoes
Dominoes are a great learning resources and an excellent manipulative for developing number sense and maths skills. They build upon dice patterns, help children …
Printable CVC Words Bundle Activity Pack
The Printable CVC Words Bundle Activity Pack includes 8 different CVC word activities that are developmental. There are photos, instructions and suggested ideas included …
Printable CVC Words Bundle Activity Pack
The Printable CVC Words Bundle Activity Pack includes 8 different CVC word activities that are developmental. There are photos, instructions and suggested ideas included in the pack. Over 100 pages of colourful, bright and inviting cards ready for printing, laminating to create a re-useable teaching resource.
Sight Word Play Dough
Hands-on sight word activities are a motivating way to help children learn how to read common sight words. Making Sight Words in Play Dough …
DIY Pop Stick Shape Dominoes Game
Dominoes is such a fun and popular game with children! These DIY Pop Stick Shape Dominoes Games is a resource I have made for …
How to Colour Sand for Sensory Play
How to Colour Sand for Sensory Play, is a quick and easy step by step guide on creating your very own colourful sand for …
Basic Shapes Work Station or Centre Activity
This basic shapes activity provides children with the opportunity to explore and create with shapes. The activity involves placing coloured gems along the lines …
Cardboard Box Creativity
Cardboard boxes would have to be my most favourite ‘toy’ for children to play with as they are an open-ended material. They inspire creativity …
Painting with Balloons
Painting with Balloons is a great activity for kids to explore creatively and imaginatively as they create freely using simple props in an open-ended …
Fireworks Theme Maths
To keep within our celebration and fireworks theme, I have set up a couple of number and measurement activities to be completed over the …
Painting Fireworks
Here is a super easy and fun New Year’s Day Celebration activity – Creating Fireworks with Paint! Using some of the left over cardboard …
Sparkly Fireworks Sensory Tub
Here is a simple sensory fireworks play idea, following on from our Fireworks Play Dough activity. It is a great celebration or New Year’s …
Fireworks Celebration Play Dough Activity
Fireworks Celebration Play Dough Activity is a super fun, colourful, sparkly and textured play dough. The addition of tinsel to the recipe was to …
Celebration Fireworks Play Dough Recipe
Homemade Celebration Fireworks Play Dough Recipe is a super fun, colourful, sparkly and textured play dough. The addition of tinsel to the recipe was …
Christmas Sensory Fine Motor Bin
The Christmas Sensory Bin is a fun and engaging activity that provides children with the opportunity to explore all the items in the tub. …
Finger Painting Festive Lights
Looking for a super easy Christmas or Festive painting activity for the kids to do? Finger Painting Festive Lights is really simple to set …
Free Printable Sight Word Cards
Sight words are a term used to describe a group of common or high frequency words that a reader should recognise on sight. Words …
Pool Noodle Activities Fine Motor Fun
Pool Noodles are so much fun to play with! When they are cut up into smaller portions they make a great learning tool and …
Sorting Coloured Buttons
Sorting Coloured Christmas Buttons is an easy activity to set up which promotes colour recognition, measurement and classifying skills. These colourful buttons are so …
Printable Dot to Dot Alphabet Letter Charts
Here is a fun way to learn how to write letters – the correct way! The Dot-to-Dot Alphabet Letter Charts are a re-usable printable …
Homemade Eye Spy Sensory Bag – Keeping Kids Occupied in the Car
Eye Spy Sensory Bags are the ideal quiet activity to keep little hands busy and entertained in the car, appointments, shopping and other situations …
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Dot-to-Dot Alphabet Letter Charts
The Dot-to-Dot Alphabet Letter Charts (lowercase A-Z) are a re-usable printable that can be used part of learning centres, small group activities or independently to learn the correct formation of writing alphabet letters.
Ocean Theme Transient Art Activity
Ocean Theme Transient Art Activity is an opportunity for children to explore, manipulate and create freely their ideas using an empty frame to and an …
Counting Gingerbread Play Dough Men
Counting Gingerbread Play Dough Men is a Christmas, play dough and counting activity all inspired by the story the story Ten Gingerbread Men by …
Paper Plate Umbrella Craft
The Paper Plate Umbrella Craft was a creative activity inspired by the story Ella’s Umbrellas by Jennifer Lloyd (affiliate link) and other activities we …
Scented Gingerbread Play Dough Recipe
Homemade Gingerbread Play Dough Recipe is beautifully scented and coloured to mimic freshly baked gingerbread cookies. The smell of gingerbread is generally associated with …
Paper Plate Christmas Tree Counting Decoration
The Paper Plate Christmas Tree Counting Decoration is two activities rolled up into one. It is an interactive counting activity where children ‘decorate’ the …
Free Printable Number Match Counting Wheel
Children will have so much fun counting out loud and matching numbered pegs in this Number Match Counting Wheel Activity. The Free Printable Number …
Green Sandy Play Dough Shape Monsters
Play Dough is such a fun learning tool to play with and explore new concepts. It also provides children with the opportunity to play …
No Cook Sandy Play Dough Recipe
Looking for something a little different to standard play dough? Not that anything is wrong with standard play dough, we absolutely love it at …
The Ultimate Christmas Printable Activity Pack
Children will have so much fun with the variety of activities included in the Ultimate Christmas Printable Activity Pack. There are 100 pages with …
The Ultimate Christmas Printable Activity Pack
The Ultimate Christmas Printable Activities Pack includes a huge range of reusable templates, games, and tactile activities that will entertain children at Christmas time. It is a great addition to any early childhood environment or numeracy and literacy program.
Painting Clouds on the Easel
Painting on the easel provides an opportunity for children to be creative and incorporate art into theme based programs. Painting Clouds on the Easel …
Minion Play Dough Fun
The Minion Play Dough Fun activity was inspired by the Minions in the movie Despicable Me. Over the recent school holidays, we had a …
Printable Counting Raindrops Game and Play Dough Mats
Kids love games and learn so many important skills through playing them. Counting Raindrops Game Boards and Play Dough Mats are great for maths …
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Counting Raindrops Printable Maths Games and Activities (Standard Print)
Counting Raindrops Printable Maths Games and Activities (STANDARD) are a great addition to any early childhood environment and numeracy program.
Counting Raindrops Printable Maths Games and Activities (Cursive Print)
Counting Raindrops Printable Maths Games and Activities (CURSIVE) are a great addition to any early childhood environment and numeracy program. Kids love games and learn so many important skills through playing them.
Z is for Zip It Zipper Board
The Zip It Zipper Board is perfect for any early children classroom or home environment where children can access the board much like an …
Mrs Moorman’s Kindergarten Classroom
Welcome back to or new series here on Learning 4 Kids called Show and Tell Classroom. Show and Tell Classroom has been developed from …
Big and Small Measurement Sort
Sorting big and small umbrellas (cupcake cases/patty pans) is a simple activity to introduce children to early measurement concepts. This activity was inspired by …
List of Simple and Fun Name Activities
Learning to read your name is one of the first words your child will learn to read. Here are some fun and simple ways …
V is for Vegetables Letter V Activity
V is for Vegetables Letter V Activity was inspired by the book Vegetables in a Van and Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French. It is …
Fine Motor Fun Feeding the Birds
Fine motor skills are the foundation children need before they are able to learn handwriting, in order to have proper pencil grasp and control …
Paper Plate Cloud Craft
We have been doing lots of activities that have been inspired from reading the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle. Miss 5 was keen …
Colour Match Cars Painting
Colour Match Cars Painting is super fun activity that involves creating wheel patterns from cars with paint while matching and learning about colours. Children …
R is for Ribbons Letter R Activity
R is for Ribbons Letter R Activity is an activity that involves children cutting up small pieces of ribbon and gluing them onto the …
Hands On Learning Shapes Activities
Learning about and recognising basic shapes is so much more fun and motivating when it is hands-on. Children need the opportunity to create and …
Create a Number Line 1 to 20
Create a Number Line 1 to 20 is a fun hands-on number awareness activity that involves recognising and organising numerals 1 to 20. It …
Sorting and Exploring Materials – Magnets
What is magnetic? Sorting and Exploring Materials is a fun science concept for children to explore magnets. Setting up a Magnetic Sorting Tray will …
Ms Fry and Ms Guthridge’s Pre Primary Classroom
Welcome back to or new series here on Learning 4 Kids called Show and Tell Classroom. Show and Tell Classroom has been developed from …
The Best Play Dough Recipe
I have tried several play dough recipes over the years but this one would have to be my favourite of them all. It always …
Printable Dot to Dot Number Rhyme Charts
A fun way to learn how to write numbers – the correct way! The Dot-to dot Number Rhyme Charts are a multi-sensory printable that …
U is for Umbrella Letter U Activity
U is for Umbrella Letter U Activity was inspired by the book Ella’s Umbrellas by Jennifer Lloyd, Illustrated by Ashley Spires (affiliate link). It …
F is for Feather Fish Painting
F is for Feather Fish Painting is an activity is an activity that was inspired by the story Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins. …
Dot-to-Dot Number Rhyme Charts (Standard Print)
Children will love the fun Number Characters! Dot-to-Dot Number Rhyme Charts Standard Print.
Count, follow and join the numbered dots to form the number. Sing the number rhymes to guide you through what strokes to make when forming the correct number shape.
Dot-to-Dot Number Rhyme Charts (Cursive Print)
Children will love the fun Number Characters! Dot-to-Dot Number Rhyme Charts Cursive Print (numbers 0-9).
Count, follow and join the numbered dots to form the number. Sing the number rhymes to guide you through what strokes to make when forming the correct number shape.
Homemade Rubbery Goop Recipe
The kids are going to love this!!! Homemade Rubbery Goop is perfect for sensory play opportunities as it is safe and non-toxic using basic …
Mrs Bosman’s Kindergarten Classroom
Welcome to our new series here on Learning 4 Kids called Show and Tell Classroom. There are so many inspiring teachers out there doing …
Primary Colours Squishy Bag Experiment
Primary Colours Squishy Bag Experiment is a wonderful sensory experience for children to see how colours mix and form other colours. Children use their …
Printable Alphabet Letter Tracing Mats
Printable Alphabet Letter Tracing Mats are a great way to assist children with, fine motor coordination, letter formation, pre-writing and handwriting development. The Alphabet …
Printable Number Tracing Mats
Printable Number Tracing Mats are a great way to assist children with, fine motor coordination and control, number formation, pre-writing and handwriting development. The …
Letter Spotting in Big Books
Letter Spotting in Big Books is a great way for children to become little reading detectives and play and learn with alphabet letters. It …
Build a City Counting and Subitising Game
Build a City Counting and Subitising Game will be an instant hit with your little mathematicians. It is a super fun game where children …
Magical Fairy Wonderland
Playing with the Fairy Wonderland was such a magical moment for Miss 5 as she is absolutely crazy for all things fantasy and fairy …
Growing Watercress Shapes
Growing Watercress Shapes is such as cute activity to do. It is perfect for bringing a little bit of science fun into classrooms, day-cares, …
Taking a little idea and making it BIG!
Taking a little idea and making it BIG! Children have limitless imaginations and come up with the most amazing ideas. Recently while having a …
Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats Cursive Print
Full set A-Z Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats CURSIVE print in Fun Rainbow Theme.
Plus receive a Free Follow the Line Printable with this downloadable product!
Just print and laminate these Tracing Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Number & Letters Tracing Mats Standard Print
Full set of Number & Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats STANDARD print in Fun Rainbow Theme.
Plus receive a Free Follow the Line Printable with this downloadable product!
Just print and laminate these Tracing Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Number & Letters Tracing Mats Cursive Print
Full set of Number & Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats CURSIVE print in Fun Rainbow Theme.
Plus receive a Free Follow the Line Printable with this downloadable product!
Just print and laminate these Tracing Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats Standard Print
Full Set A-Z Alphabet Letters Tracing Mats STANDARD print in Fun Rainbow Theme
Plus receive a Free Follow the Line Printable with this downloadable product!
Just print and laminate these Tracing Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Number Tracing Mats
Full set of Number Tracing Mats in Fun Rainbow Theme
Plus receive a Free Follow the Line Printable with this downloadable product!
Just print and laminate these Tracing Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Zig Zag Zebra Play Dough
The Zig Zag Zebra Play Dough Activity with free printable play dough mats was inspired by the book Zed the Zebra by An Vrombaut. …
4 Maths Activities for Getting Ready for School
Giving children a solid foundation in early maths literacy is important to their future academic success. Engaging in dynamic, hands-on games and projects can …
Number Sort with 10 Frames
Number Sort with 10 Frames is a fun, hands on activity to play and learn with numbers. It sets a challenge of searching for specific numbers …
How to Colour Rice for Sensory Play
How to colour rice for sensory play? The information in this post provides a step by step guide outlining how we colour our rice …
Q is for Quilt Letter Q Activity
Q is for Quilt Letter Q Activity is an activity that was inspired by the book The Quilt by Ann Jonas. It is a …
Rice and Ice Sensory Activity
Rice and Ice Sensory Activity is a fun activity that provides an opportunity to play with rhyming words, explore scientific concepts and learn about primary …
Bucket of Colourful Spaghetti Worms Sensory Play
Sensory fun and messy play at its best! A bucket filled with coloured spaghetti worms with hidden number rocks is a motivating learning experience …
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The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Activity
The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Activity was inspired by the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (affiliate link). This book is certainly one …
The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Recipe
The Rainbow Fish Play Dough Recipe is a brilliant blue play dough matching the beautiful shades of blue in the story The Rainbow Fish …
Pre-Writing Activities with Squishy Bags
Pre-Writing Activities with Squishy Bags is a great way to target writing skills without using paper and pencils. It is providing a fun and …
Cloud Theme Sensory Bin
Cloud Theme Sensory Bin is another activity that is part of our cloud series. The sensory bin is made up of cotton wool balls, …
Vanilla Play Dough Recipe
Vanilla Play Dough Recipe is a sweet smelling play dough that heightens the wonderful sensory experience of playing with play dough. This recipe was …
How to make Squishy Sensory Bags?
Squishy bags are perfect for sensory play without the mess. They are cheap and easy to make and your child will enjoy manipulating and …
Microwave Play Dough Recipe
Microwave Play Dough Recipe is so easy to make at home and will provide hours of fun for kids of all ages. This recipe …
T is for Tiger Tea Party Story Retell
T is for Tiger Tea Party is a story retell activity that involves bringing the story alive through sensory play. We created a sensory …
Benefits of Colouring in Activities
This post has been sponsored by Nuffnang and Crayola With developments in technology, I feel that colouring in activities have taken a bit of …
Exploring Mixing Primary Colours Activity
Colours are everywhere and it is a wonderful experience for children to see how colours mix and form other colours. Mixing Primary Colours with …
Printable Number Play Dough Mats
Printable Number Play Dough Mats with tens frames are playful, bright, and colourful with happy friendly number characters. They are so inviting, children will love …
Printable Alphabet Play Dough Mats
Printable Alphabet Play Dough Mats are playful, bright, and colourful with happy friendly alphabet characters. They are so inviting, children will love to get …
Measuring Height Activity for Kids
This post is sponsored by Hippo Blue In the early years it is important to expose children to measurement concepts. In the beginning we …
Alphabet Play Dough Mats Cursive Print
Lowercase A-Z Alphabet Play Dough Mats CURSIVE Print – Fun Alphabet Characters theme.
Just print and laminate these Play Dough Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Alphabet Play Dough Mats Standard Print
Lowercase A-Z Alphabet Play Dough Mats STANDARD Print – Fun Alphabet Characters theme
Just print and laminate these Play Dough Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Number & Alphabet Play Dough Mats Cursive Print
Full set of Number & Alphabet Play Dough Mats in CURSIVE Print – Fun Alphabet and Number Characters Theme
Just print and laminate these Play Dough Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Number & Alphabet Play Dough Mats Standard Print
Full set of Number & Alphabet Play Dough Mats in STANDARD Print – Fun Alphabet and Number Characters theme
Just print and laminate these Play Dough Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Early Years Throwing Skills Game
This Early Years Throwing Skills Game is our homemade version much like the game Ring Toss or Quoits but using homemade paper rings as the rope and …
Number Play Dough Mats Standard Print
Number Play Dough Mats STANDARD Print with Tens Frame – Fun Number Characters theme.
Just print and laminate these Play Dough Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Number Play Dough Mats Cursive Print
Number Play Dough Mats CURSIVE PRINT with Tens Frame – Fun Number Characters theme.
Just print and laminate these Play Dough Mats for a re-usable resource children can learn and play with.
Digging for Dinosaur Fossils Sensory Bin
Digging For Dinosaur Fossils Sensory Bin: I previously shared an activity here on How to make Dinosaur Fossils? This is how we played with …
Cloud Spotting on the Easel
Cloud Spotting on the Easel is a fun and engaging activity that involves searching for clouds with the letter C and placing a magnetic …
How to make Sand Foam?
How to make Sand Foam? Sand Foam is perfect for sensory exploration. It is made up using only two ingredients, sand and shaving cream. …
Threading Activity for Kids
Threading Activity for Kids: When setting up this threading activity for kids, my goal was to make it bright and inviting using different materials. …
Cloud in a Jar Experiment
Cloud in a Jar Experiment is an extension activity from our C is Cotton Cloud Collage. Both activities have been inspired by the book Little …
How to make Dinosaur Fossils?
Dinosaur Fossils are so much fun to make and are a great addition for any dinosaur theme learning experience. They are made using salt …
Subitising Printable Dice Game
Number Dice Game is a printable game that is played much like Bingo. It is a fun activity for encouraging early maths skills using …
Water Play with Eye Droppers
Water Play with Eye Droppers is a colourful and fun activity that encourages development of the pincer grasp. The pincer grasp enables a child …
Sorting Shapes in our Sensory Bin
Sorting Shapes in our Sensory Bin is a fun activity for children to learn about shapes, colours while developing their fine motor skills. This …
Alphabet Ice and Shaving Cream
Alphabet Ice and Shaving Cream is a fun-filled, messy sensory play activity that children can explore their senses and learn about alphabet letters in …
C is for Cotton Cloud Letter C Activity
C is for Cotton Cloud Letter C Activity is an activity that was inspired by the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle. It is …
Car Craft Activity for Kids
This simple car craft activity for kids provides the opportunity for so much fun and learning. Firstly, making a car craft can be used …
Simple and Fun Sewing Activities for Kids
Simple and Fun Sewing Activities for Kids I am not sure who had more fun completing our recent sewing project, me or my girls! …
Bubble Wrapped Blocks Painting Activity
Bubble Wrapped Blocks Painting Activity is a great painting activity that is suitable for differing ages. All children can create and play with the …
Play Dough Flower Pots
Play Dough Flower Pots and making a potted garden with play dough is a fun way for children to play creatively and imaginatively. Children …
Colour Changing Milk Experiment
Watch the magic happen with this Colour Changing Milk Experiment by mixing milk, food colouring and dish soap. The kids will want to do …
Fine Motor Skills – Sorting by Colour
Fine Motor Skills – Sorting by Colour activity encourages the development of fine motor skills and provides children with the opportunity to learn and …
Sensory Bottle Top ‘Bubble’ Soup
Recently we shared here on Learning 4 Kids a Bottle Top Soup Game and Miss 4 absolutely loved it. We extended the sensory play …
Letter N Activity – Newspaper Collage
Letter N Activity – Newspaper Collage N is for Night sky and Newspaper Collage Making a Newspaper Collage and Night Sky is a fun …
Dried Rosemary Textured Play Dough Recipe
Dried herbs are a great way for adding texture and scent to homemade play dough. We have taken our basic play dough recipe and …
Simple Easter Gift Ideas
I have been having lots of fun shopping and stocking up on my Easter art and craft supplies at The Reject Shop. I went …
5 Simple & Healthy After School Snack Ideas
After school would have to be one of the busiest times of the day for me with unpacking school bags, homework, preparing dinner and …
Lunch Box Ideas – Honey Muesli Biscuits Recipe
These Honey Muesli Biscuits are so simple to make and are perfect as a small treat for the kid’s lunch boxes, afterschool snack, picnics, …
Counting Numbers 1-10 Activity
Counting Numbers 1 – 10 activity provides children with an opportunity to play and count with numbers 1 – 10. Hanging the numbers from …
Paper Plate Autumn Craft
These Paper Plate Autumn Craft look so gorgeous sitting up on a window as the light filters through. They are such as simple craft …
Bottle Top Soup Game
Scoop and catch fun! Bottle Top Soup Game is a fun sensory activity using simple items found around the home. Kids love to play …
Buttons and Pop Sticks
Buttons and Pop (Popsicle) Sticks is an invitation to play opportunity for children to explore and experiment freely with the basic items provided. Children …
Making Patterns and Sorting Colours
A basket filled with a range of different coloured fake flowers can open the opportunity to learn in so many ways. Children can explore …
Egg Carton Easter Basket Craft
How to make Egg Carton Easter Egg Baskets? These Egg Carton Easter Egg Baskets are just too cute and so easy to make! They …
Alphabet Hide & Seek Tray
Looking for Alphabet letters hiding amongst the scattered buttons is a great way for kids to play and learn with alphabet letters. Children will …
Five Senses – Sense of Smell & Touch Activity
I made these Sense of Smell Swatches and Sense of Touch Boards last year for a early years class I was teaching. They were …
Lunch Box Ideas – Choc Chip Muffin Bites
Something that I absolutely love doing, is cooking with the kids…..and they love it too! There is something special about sharing the cooking experience together …
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Activity Ideas Using Pegs
Kids love pegs, they are bright, colourful and attract the interest of children. Pegs are perfect for play ideas, activities and crafts! They are …
Hot Air, Cold Air Science Activity
This Hot Air, Cold Air Science Activity is a great experiment to watch the effects of hot air and cold air on a balloon. …
Digging for Worms Sensory Play
The kids are going to love this!! Digging for Spaghetti Worms in Dirt is a simple sensory activity that only takes a few moments …
How to make Sugar Crystals on a Stick?
Making Sugar Crystals on a Stick are simple to make and the kids will enjoy eating the finished product. It is a great opportunity …
Play Ideas, Activities and Crafts – Play by Age
Today’s post is to provide you with some play ideas, activities and crafts that have been group into categories by age. The different categories below …
Printable Homemade Threading Boards
As I headed home and was sitting on the plane (10 and ½ hours), it got me thinking about what kinds of things would …
Twiggy Christmas Shakers
These Twiggy Christmas Shakers are super easy make and will bring lots of fun and play into your house or classroom this Christmas. In …
Fine Motor Busy Bag Activity
This Fine Motor Busy Bag involves matching colours by placing the peg on the matching coloured sponge square. I was nearly going to call …
Spot Rooby Roo the Kangaroo Giveaway
We are heading home on Wednesday and I thought I would share with you some photos of the magical hotel I have …
Small World Desert Play
There is just so much to learn and discover about deserts, the climate, plant life, animal life and much more. To explore the desert …
Make your own Underwater Zoo Aquarium
Creating your own Underwater Zoo provides an opportunity to play and learn imaginatively. It is also a sensory activity that encourages creativity, oral language …
Summer Theme Play Dough
I absolutely adore the vibrant and bright colours of this jelly play dough. It is perfect for a Summer Theme Play Dough Invitation to …
Introducing Play Dough to Babies & Toddlers
I have always loved watching little chubby fingers squishing and squashing play dough. I am not really sure what it is that I adore …
Summer Scented Jelly Play Dough Recipe
I absolutely love the vibrancy of the colours and scent of our Summer Scented Jelly Play Dough. Jelly Play Dough is a super easy …
Sorting Christmas Bells
Sorting Christmas Bells is an easy activity to set up which promotes colour recognition and classifying skills. These colourful bells are so inviting and …
Advent Calendar Count Down Bags
As the weeks and days draw closer until our trip to Dubai, my stomach churns with excitement and I also have the anticipation of …
Free Printable Colour Match Busy Bag
This Fine Motor Busy Bag involves matching colours by pressing and pinching the peg onto the matching coloured flower or button shape. It is …
Busy Bag Paper Clips and Colours
This Busy Bag of Paper Clips and Colours is so simple to make and a fun activity children will enjoy completing. It is great …
Edible Play Dough Recipe for Babies
This Edible Play Dough Recipe for Babies, is a great ‘first time’ play dough for babies and toddlers. It is super easy to make, …
Spring Garden Sticky Easel
We have been talking about seasons a lot in our house, particularly as the weather begins to warm up and the sun rising earlier …
Counting and Number Recognition
Let’s Count, sort and match numbers with this fun hands-on activity that promotes learning to count and number recognition. Children will have fun playing …
Simple Aeroplane Craft
These cardboard roll aeroplanes are so simple to make and the kids will continue to play with long after the creating part. This activity …
Printable Counting Mats
These FREE printable Counting Mats are a fun and colourful counting activity for pre-schoolers and kindergarten children to provide an opportunity to count out …
Balancing Marbles with Lego Duplo
Balancing Marbles on LEGO® DUPLO® helps children develop fundamental skills such as fine motor control, hand & eye coordination, patience and concentration. This is …
Insect Prints in Play Dough
Insect Prints in Play Dough is a fun sensory and fine motor activity that children will enjoy making different patterns and fossil-like prints in play …
Letter N Activity – Noodle Necklace
N is for necklace and noodles – Noodle Necklace! Making Noodle Necklaces is a fun activity to introduce young children to learn about the …
Many Ways to Play with Lego Duplo
LEGO® DUPLO® is one of these toys that will grow with your child/ren, be utilised in a number of play opportunities, it is durable, …
Homemade Edible Finger Paint
Homemade Edible Finger Paint is perfect for babies aged 6-18 months , toddlers and children who are more likely to place paint covered fingers …
Letter I Activity – Melting Insects in Ice
Melting Insects in Ice is fun activity to introduce children and pre-schoolers to the letter I. It is such a fun opportunity to talk …
Mixed Beans & Peas Sensory Tub
Sensory tubs are such great teaching tools and when I was recently cleaning out our pantry, I found a couple of mixed soup packets …
Play and Learn with Disney Junior Characters
This is a sponsored post by Nuffnang and Disney Junior Sofia the First, Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Doc McStuffins are magical …
Letter P Activity – Painting with Pompoms
Painting with Pompoms is a fun activity for kids and toddlers to explore colours and experiment with a new paint tool. It is so …
Play Dough Dinosaur Printing
Play Dough Dinosaur Printing: “Stomp Chomp, Big Roars, Here Come the Dinosaurs!” I absolutely love the name of this book by Kaye Umansky and …
Father’s Day Gift Ideas & Crafts
Here in Australia we are leading up to Father’s Day this Sunday. In past we have made several crafts and homeamde gifts and have …
T is for Tiger Craft
T is for Tiger Craft is a super simple and fun craft activity to expose children to the letter Tt, identify what the letter …
Lavender Play Dough Wooden Tool Set
Lavender Scented Play Dough and Wooden Tool Set is a great activity for kids to explore creatively and imaginatively as they create freely using …
Lavender Scented Play Dough Recipe
Lavender Scented Play Dough Recipe creates lightly scented lavender play dough that stimulates the senses while creating and playing. It is a silky smooth …
Space Theme Play Dough Activity
This Space Theme Play Dough Activity opens the window of opportunity for learning and play in so many ways. It provides an invitation for …
Number Peg Board Printable
Number Pegs Boards Free Printable is an activity to help children recognise numbers in a fun, engaging and hands-on learning opportunity. My children and …
Play Ideas for Cloud Dough
There are numerous sensory play ideas and activities for playing with cloud dough and I look forward to sharing more here on Learning 4 …
How to make Cloud Dough Recipe
Cloud Dough which can sometimes be called Moon Sand is a homemade mixture used for sensory play experiences. The consistency of Cloud Dough can be …
Space Play Dough Recipe
Space Play Dough is a recipe designed to create a type of play dough that imitates the space or the galaxy sky. It is …
Catch and Scoop Fine Motor Activity
Catch and Scoop is a fun and engaging activity that encourages fine motor development and scissor skills. This activity is great for sensory exploration …
Number Line Counting
Number Line Counting is a maths activity that involves children sorting numbers along the number line. It is a great way for children to …
Light Table Activities
Light Tables or Light Panels are a fabulous learning tool that enhance sensory play opportunities. The activities and learning experiences are endless and encourage …
ABC Reading Eggs: Read-to-Cure Challenge
This is a sponsored post by ABC Reading Eggs Children across Australia are gearing up to read through as many books as possible to improve their literacy …
Coconut Play Dough & Wooden Buttons
Coconut Play Dough and Wooden Buttons is a great activity for kids to explore their creativity and imagination as they create freely using simple props …
Busy Basket of Activities for Road Trips
This post is sponsored by Nuffnang and NRMA Insurance Busy Basket of Activities for Road Trips: Road trips with the family are a wonderful …
Sorting & Matching Colours
This Sorting and Matching Activity involves matching the small coloured elastic bands (loom bands) and placing them over the matching coloured push pins that …
Alphabet Activities – Letter ‘B’ Activities
Bb is for Buttons, Brown Bear, Blue, and Bubble wrap! The aim of these activities is to expose children to the letter Bb, identify …
Messy Fun with Finger Painting
In early childhood education Finger Painting is often the very first painting experience children will encounter. As simple as it may be putting paint …
Number Activity – Sorting Number Stickers
Sorting Number Stickers is a number recognition activity that involves sorting and matching numbers. Miss 3 absolutely loved doing this activity. She loves stickers …
Learning to Count Activity
Books are a wonderful way of exploring and learning about a new concept. It provides as an introduction and also an extension of the …
Shaving Cream Activity Tray
Messy, sensory play at its best! Shaving cream is great for sensory exploration and provides endless opportunities for children to play and discover. You …
Counting Activity – Dominoes Cookies
Learning to count with Dominoes Cookies is a fabulous, fun and motivating activity for kids. So much learning happens when we cook with our …
Match the Dot Printable
Match the Dots Printables for Alphabet Letters, Numbers and Shapes is a great activity for fine motor development, control and concentration. It is also …
Make a Play Dough Teddy Bear
Make a Play Dough Teddy Bear is an inviting activity for kids to explore their imagination and experiment with the tools provided and make …
Name Activity – Dot Painting
Dot Painting Name Activity is a fun and simple way to introduce your child to recognising their name and the letters that make up …
Alphabet Sort
Alphabet Sort is a simple, fun and engaging hands-on literacy activity children can play to help them learn and recognise letters. Learning the letter …
Science Learning Tray
This Science Learning Tray Activity is a bit of fun for children to explore Bi-Carbonate Soda (baking soda) and Coloured Vinegar. The reaction between these …
Threading, Fine Motor and Measurement
Threading Pipe Cleaners with Straws involves threading smaller length straws onto longer length pipe cleaners. It is a great fine motor activity that is …
No Cook Coconut Play Dough Recipe
The Coconut Play Dough Recipe is a beautifully scented and textured play dough adding to the sensory experience when playing with play dough. It …
Alphabet Activities – Letter ‘A’ Activities
Alphabet Activities – Letter A Activities The aim of these activities is to expose children to the letter Aa, identify what the letter Aa …
Absorption and Dissolving Science Activity
Sugars Cubes are great for exploring science concepts Absorption and Dissolving using coloured water. Children will have fun playing and experimenting with the coloured water …
Sticky Easel – Match Sticks & Pompoms
Using an easel covered with sticky contact is a wonderful creative tool and canvas that will entice kids to play creatively and imaginatively. Setting …
Cardboard Rolls Painting Ideas
Cardboard rolls are great for activities and crafts. Since Christmas I have collected a number of cardboard rolls left over from wrapping paper. It …
Old Mac Donald Had a Farm Sensory Box
Old Mac Donald had a Farm is a favourite nursery rhyme in our house at the moment and we have read (and sang) …
Children’s Learning and Technology
The Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 Kids is the tablet that grows with your child. With intuitive Kids Mode, parental settings and a great selection …
Colour Activity – Coloured Ice Boats
Coloured Ice Boats is a fun sensory activity for children to explore colour. As the ice melt it creates coloured water to mix and …
Floating and Sinking Science Activity
Floating and sinking is a fun science concept for children to explore. Setting up a Floating and Sinking Learning Tray will invite them to …
Learning Benefits of Tablets
Sponsored by Samsung and Nuffnang Technology is a big part of our world today and also a big part of our children’s world. It …
Super Soft Play Dough Play
Super soft play dough is a wonderfully textured play dough that will invite children to explore their imaginations and play creatively. Children can pretend to be …
Neapolitan Ice Cream Play Dough Fun
Neapolitan Ice Cream Play Dough is a wonderful and fun sensory activity to arouse the imagination and creativity. The Neapolitan Ice Cream Play …
Neapolitan Ice Cream Scented Play Dough Recipe
Neapolitan Ice Cream Scented Play Dough Recipe smells and looks like real Neapolitan ice cream. Children will have hours of fun playing and moulding …
Exploring Colours with a Mirror
Exploring Colours with a Mirror is a great way for children to play and learn with colours. The mirror reflects light which imitates a …
DIY Number Puzzles
These Homemade Number Puzzles are a matching number activity that can be easily incorporated into the home or classroom environment. They are super easy …
Shape Toss – A Game for Learning Shapes
Shape Toss is a fun way to introduce and play with shapes. It also gets children up and active while learning about shapes and …
Easter Sensory Box
It is amazing how giving kids the most simplest of props can inspire and encourage their imagination and creativity. There are no rules, no …
Numbers & Counting Activity
This Numbers and Counting Activity is an opportunity for children to play and learn with numbers. The activity involves children counting out the value …
Sandy Beach Theme Play Dough
Sandy Beach Theme Play Dough added with other beach theme items is the perfect invitation to play for children as it will arouse their …
Water Beads and Ice Activities
Water Beads and Ice is an open-ended and hands-on sensory play opportunity. They are so much fun as they are about the size of …
Absorption Activity – Rainbow Roses
Placing white roses into coloured water is a great science activity to demonstrate absorption. Children will be amazed and excited to see the changes …
Super Soft Play Dough Recipe
Super Soft Play Dough is a quick and easy, no cook recipe. The play dough is incredibly soft and silky smooth and the conditioner …
Make Your Own Salt Dough Rainbow
Making your own Salt Dough Rainbow is a great way of creating a homemade toy for your child to play with. Shaping the salt …
Sandy Beach Play Dough Recipe
Sandy Beach Play Dough is a wonderfully textured play dough that imitates beach sand. It looks and feels like beach sand. Children will have …
Learning Trays – Sorting Coloured Pompoms
Learning Trays – Sorting Coloured Pompoms Sorting Coloured Pompoms is fabulous hands-on fine motor learning tray. It is so simple to set up, …
Alphabet Bingo in a Bottle
Alphabet Bingo is a simple, fun and engaging hands-on literacy game children can play to help them learn and recognise letters. Learning the letter …
5 Green & Speckled Frogs Activity Ideas
5 Little Speckled Frogs or 5 Green Speckled Frogs has always been a favourite nursery rhyme of mine. The oral language and numeracy benefits …
Flower Printing
Flower Printing: Today I was about to put some old flowers from a vase into the bin as they were no longer looking their …
Learning Letter Sounds – Letter ‘A’ Activity
Learning the letter sound first and then the letter name is important for reading and writing development. Here is a simple, fun and engaging hands-on …
Green and Speckled Play Dough Recipe
I love the theme 5 Green and Speckled Frogs for early learning experiences and making green and speckled play dough is the perfect fit for …
Learning Colours – Orange
Come play and learn with the colour ORANGE, we have lots of activities and play ideas! As part of our Learning Colours Series here on …
Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids
Valentine’s Day Activities for Kids With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I would collate all the activities we have done so …
Learning Tray – Matching Colours
Matching and Sorting Colours with match sticks is fabulous hands-on fine motor learning tray. It is so simple to set up, colourful, engaging …
Getting Organised – Art & Craft Supplies
Over the years I have stored our art and craft supplies in many different ways. We have progressed from having everything squashed into a …
Learning About Shapes with Play Dough
Play Dough is such a fun learning tool to play with and explore new concepts. With Miss 2 learning about shapes at the moment, …
Zesty Lemon Scented Play Dough Recipe
This Zesty Lemon Scented Play Dough has a refreshing and zesty lemon scent which adds to the wonderful sensory experience of playing with play …
Science Fun – Dancing Sultanas
What will happen if we placed sultanas into a glass of soda water? Watch and be amazed!!! Dancing Sultanas is a super easy and …
Imaginative Play Felt Pizza
Create an opportunity for your child to take on the role as a pizza chef and play creatively as they pretend make different pizzas …
Sticky Easel Play Prompt – Sorting Shapes
Using an easel covered with sticky contact is a wonderful creative tool and canvas that will entice kids to play and learn about shapes. …
Apple Tree Play Dough Maths
Apple Tree Play Dough Maths is a fun activity for encouraging early and basic maths skills using Apple Scented Play Dough and a …
Sweet Apple Scented Play Dough Recipe
Sweet Apple Scented Play Dough is a beautiful textured play dough that smells just like an apple, adding to the wonderful sensory play experience. …
Learning Tray – Threading Beads
Threading beads onto pipe cleaners is a fabulous fine motor learning tray activity for toddlers and kids. It is so simple to set up, …
Hidden Shapes in the Salt Tray
What shapes can you find in the salt tray? They are hidden under the salt; use your paint brush to sift through the salt …
Learning4kids and 2013
I have been busy planning, planning and more planning for 2013 and I am really excited about sharing some of these plans with you. …
Planting a Garden
Imaginative play would have to be one of my most favourite kinds of play. I love how children can freely explore an …
Minty Candy Cane Scented Play Dough Ornaments
Making Minty Candy Cane Scented Play Dough Ornaments is an open-ended opportunity to play in an unstructured way, allowing children to explore their creativity and …
Minty Candy Cane Scented Play Dough Recipe
Minty Candy Cane Scented Play Dough Recipe is beautiful, freshly scented play dough for the kids to play and create with this Christmas. It has …
FISHER PRICE – STAND UP BALLCANO REVIEW & GIVEAWAY
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Play Longer this Summer with Mortein NaturGard Outdoor Insect Control System
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Salt Dough Christmas Decorations
We’ve been making Salt Dough Christmas Decorations (ornaments) for our Christmas tree. They are so much fun and super easy to make! The most …
How to Make Salt Dough Recipe?
Super easy salt dough recipe!! Salt Dough is a wonderful product that is used to create crafts, sculptures and ornaments. It is a simple …
Information about Easel Play Prompts
Information about Easel Play Prompts Before going into detail about what our Easel Play Prompts Series is all about, I think it is …
Information about Our Play Dough Toolbox
Information about Our Play Dough Toolbox A Play Dough Toolbox is a box filled with play dough props and materials that are stored together …
Information about Learning Trays
Information about Learning Trays My aim of the Learning Trays Series is to provide simple, easy to set up activities that are presented on …
DIY Skittles & Games
Our Homemade DIY Skittles & Games would have to be one of the most played with toys in our house. My girls are continuously …
Paper Plate Christmas Masks
Kids will have lots of fun making and playing with our Paper Plate Christmas Masks. Both the Reindeer and Santa Paper Plate Masks encourages imaginative play …
Jelly Play Dough Critters
Recently I shared a recipe for Jelly Play Dough; this is what we did with it! We created some funny Jelly Play Dough …
Handprint Christmas Tree Craft
This Handprint Christmas Tree Craft is a great activity for kids and toddlers and it is so simple to do! Creating a Christmas Tree …
You & Baby Christmas Gift Ideas
Let me introduce you to You & Baby, a wonderful online shop dedicated to selling parent approved baby and …
FREE Christmas Activities eBook
When Learning4kids was still in the early stages of starting up, I created a FREE Christmas Activities eBook to share with readers as a …
Jelly Play Dough Recipe
Jelly Play Dough Recipe is an easy play dough to make and by adding some jelly crystals to a basic play dough recipe creates …
Recycled Christmas Card Garland
Turn your old christmas cards from last year or the new ones you receive this year into a fabulous Homemade Christmas decoration that the kids …
Animal Rice Art – It’s Colourful magic!
Today I feel incredibly privileged to share a guest post with you written by a lovely blogging friend of mine, Penny from Mother Natured. Be sure …
Christmas Collage Placemat
Create a wonderful place to put Santa’s cup of milk and cookie on Christmas Eve with a fun, simple and colourful Christmas Collage Placemat. …
Learning Colours – PINK
So far on our colour series here on learning4kids, we have looked the colour RED, BLUE, YELLOW and GREEN. This week we have been …
Hippity Hop Sight Word Game
I believe there is a place for a little rote learning and flash cards but I truly believe that most of the learning happens when …
Create a Spring Play Dough Garden
Here is a great spring theme activity for the kids, creating a Spring Play Dough Garden. The play dough has been scented with a …
Dancing Santa Christmas Craft
Here is a fun and simple craft activity for the kids to try this Christmas. Create a fun Dancing Santa using paper plates, spilt …
DIY Bath Paint
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Kylie from Octavia and Vicky. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog …
Scented Spring Play Dough Recipe
Scented Spring Play Dough has a beautiful smelling fragrance of flowers and flecks of coloured flower petals to bring together some of the wonderful …
Play Room Ideas 6
You may be familiar with our posts about our play room and how we set it up and change it around to keep the kids …
Back Yard Water Park
Kids absolutely love water parks, so with the beautiful warm spring weather in full swing here in Australia I thought we would set up …
Skeletons – PreSchool Science
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Pauline from Lessons Learnt Journal. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog …
Counting & Subitising
Subitising refers to immediately knowing how many items lie within a visual scene for a small number of items. It is to have a …
How to make a Foaming Monster?
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Debbie from Aspiring Mum. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog where …
Sponge Painting
An activity that siblings of various ages can all do together at the same time! Recently after going through some our craft supplies I …
Salt Dough Boats – At Home with Ali
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Ali from At Home with Ali. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog for more …
How to Make Puffy Paint?
How to make Puffy Paint? There is something magical about Puffy Paint and it is a must try for any child or toddler to …
Sensory Play for Toddlers & Kids – Ice World
Ice World is a sensory activity for toddlers and pre-school children that involves playing with ice, water and sea theme props. Older children will still …
PAINTED FINGER PEOPLE PUPPETS
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Jackie from My Little Bookcase. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog for more …
We’re Going on a ‘Teddy’ Bear Hunt
We’re going on a ‘Teddy’ bear hunt…….I’m not scared! We have a gorgeous book which comes with a CD that tells the story of …
How to make a Cardboard Roll Spider?
Making these cute craft Cardboard Roll Spiders are super easy to make and a great activity for this Halloween. They are also a great …
Fine Motor In-Hand Manipulation
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Kate from Ponderings Possibilities Provocations. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog …
Dettol Hand Sanitiser
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Sorting Colours with Cardboard Rolls
Make learning your colours fun with this interactive game using pompoms and cardboard rolls! Miss 2 has been learning her colours for some time …
Press Pause & Follow Their Lead
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Stephanie from Boy Mama Teacher Mama. Be sure to visit her fabulous …
Peg-A-Number Fact Game
Peg-A-Number Fact is a fun maths game that allows kids to practice basic numbers sums and encourage the use of strategies to solve maths problems. It …
Learning Colours – GREEN
Come play with the colour GREEN! As part of our Learning Colours Series here on learning4kids, today I am sharing with you some of …
Rainbow Activities for Toddlers & Kids
Here is a list of rainbow activities and learning experiences for toddlers and kids. You will find rainbow crafts, sensory play, fine motor activities and …
Soapy Slime FUN!!
This activity was FUN, REALLY FUN!! Kids love to get messy, it comes with being a kid as they explore their natural curiosity about …
Textured Painting with Nature’s Paint Brushes
When I saw these fabulous homemade paint brushes on my newsfeed on Facebook shared by the Dirt Girl World fan page, I instantly wanted …
Where is the Green Sheep?
We have a long list of favourite children and toddler books in our collection and one of them that we never get bored with …
Father’s Day Gift Idea: Photo Puzzles
A Homemade Father’s Day Gift Idea: Father’s Day here in Australia is on Sunday 2nd September and my girls and I have been making …
Play Dough & Buttons
It is always fun to watch and see what kids will come up with when you give them simple props to promote play in …
Tin Can Music Makers
These Tin Can Music Shakers are a simple homemade musical instrument to make and you will find most of the materials around the home. …
Learning Colours – YELLOW
Last week we were playing and learning with the colour YELLOW through a number of activities. As part of our Learning Colours Series here …
Free Printable School Holiday Planner
Here in Western Australia it has been a long 11 week term for us and my kids and I are ready for a break! …
Alphabet Match
Alphabet match is a fun hands-on activity for kids to help recognise and learn their alphabet letters. It is also a great opportunity to …
Milk Numbers
These milk numbers shown in the photo are made using milk and vinegar. Mixing milk and vinegar together is an interesting science experiment to …
Pompom Hockey
Keep the kids entertained with Pompom Hockey. It is a super simple activity you can set up at home for the kids, that is …
Fisher Price Discover n’ Grow Soother Review- Plus Giveaway
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Great Places to Play at Home!
There are so many wonderful places in the home where children can play imaginatively and creatively. Kids will create imaginary worlds to explore and …
Bottle Top Leaf Boats
What I love about winter is that there are lots of puddles to play in. Recently after days of rain and being stuck inside, …
Rainy Day Activity – Indoor Camping
It’s raining, it’s pouring…..and we have been stuck inside a fair bit lately with the weather. To entertain the kids and give them something …
Learning Colours – BLUE!
Come play and learn with the colour BLUE, we have lots of activities! As part of our Learning Colours Series here on learning4kids, this …
Fisher Price Puppy Playhouse & Puppy Learning Car Review
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Rainbow Salt Tray
Rainbow Salt Tray is a fun and inviting pre-writing activity. Why would you need crayons, textas, pencils and paper to draw when you can …
Learning Colours – RED
This week my little Miss 22months and I have embarked on a series of activities to help her learn her colours. All activities are …
Fun Activities with Bottle Tops
We love our bright colourful bottle tops here on learning4kids. There are tons of fun learning activities you can do with them, some of …
Colourful Cellophane Sticky Art
Cellophane Sticky Art is a great activity to introduce kids to colours. I believe it is never too early to start learning about concepts …
Playing With Gloop
If you haven’t made Gloop yet, then this is a must for any toddler or child to try. It is super fun and super …
Play Room Ideas 5
When our play room starts getting messy and I find it increasingly impossible to motivate the kids to tidy it up, I find this …
Coloured Felt Ice Creams
Making your own Felt Ice Creams while learning your colours!! This is such a fun hands on activity for kids to promote the learning …
Imaginative Play Ice Cream Shop
Welcome to our Ice Cream Shop!! The fun and joy of exploring the imaginary world of an ice cream shop. Today I am sharing some …
Kids Car Wash Tunnel
I truly believe that the simplest things bring the most fun! We have been making a Homemade Car Wash Tunnel for the kids using …
Sorting Colours with Bottle Tops
Those of you who are familiar with learning4kids would know that at our house we like bottle tops and love to bring them into …
Pipe Cleaner Maze
With Miss 5 at school full time now and Miss 4 going to kindy 2 – 3 times a week, it has opened up …
Number Play Dough
We had so much fun making numbers with our Orange Scented Play Dough. It is a fun activity to introduce or reinforce learning about …
Orange Scented Play Dough
Orange Scented Play Dough is a refreshing scent adding to the sensory experience of playing with play dough. It also creates an association with …
Imaginative Play – Baby Care Corner
Santa 🙂 brought my girls a couple of wooden dolls beds and they were really keen to play with them, so together we set up …
How to Make Gloop?
Sensory awareness goes hand in hand with creativity. Sensory play arouses children’s imaginations, creativity and curiosity through exploration of texture, temperature and fun! Gloop …
Learning Sight Words – Ideas and Activities
Sight words are a term used to describe a group of common or high frequency words that a reader should recognise on sight. Words …
Make your own Bottle Top Money
Play/toy money just does not last; it either gets damaged or lost as the coins are normally quite small! My kids love to play …
Homemade Guitar
An empty shoe box + elastic bands + a cardboard tube = Homemade Guitar and endless hours of fun! These guitars are such a …
Play Dough – Bottles Tops and Straws
It is always fun to watch and see what kids will come up with when you give them simple props to promote play in …
Playroom Ideas 4 – Numbers Theme
The Numbers Theme Playroom Ideas was inspired and motivated by the current interests of my kids. I feel it is important to follow their …
Number Chart and Memory
Recently I shared with you a post about Painting with Homemade Number Stamps, we had endless sheets of painted numbers and I wanted to …
Making Honeycomb – Exploring Bi-Carbonate Soda
After making our Homemade Volcano and watching the excitement on my kids’ faces as the vinegar and bicarbonate soda reacted together, I thought I …
Number Tree Display
Back in the days when I was teaching I always aimed at having a classroom that was a literacy and numeracy rich environment. Creating a ‘rich print’ of …
Printable Number Tracing Cards
This is a great way for kids to practise writing their numbers!! The Number Tracing Cards are a free printable that can be laminated …
Imaginative Play Vet Hospital
Imaginative play would have to be one of my most favourite kinds of play. I love how children can freely explore an imaginary world …
How to Make a Homemade Volcano?
Watching a homemade volcano erupt is a very exciting experience for young children as they watch and learn about the amazing power of these …
Painting with Homemade Number Stamps
These Homemade Number Stamps will make learning your numbers FUN for kids as they can make endless paintings of numbers prints and sing-a-long as …
Playroom Ideas 3
Today the kids and I moved the playroom around and it made me realise that I hadn’t even published the last photos here on …
Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt
Easter egg treasure hunts are always a lot of fun for kids but having one when it is dark outside was a very memorable …
Colourful Pattern Easter Eggs
These Colourful Pattern Easter Eggs are a bright and colourful activity for the kids to do this Easter. They are super simple to make, …
Rocky Road Easter Gift for Teachers
All my kids have been blessed this year with the most beautiful teachers; even my little Miss 20 months has a music teacher and …
Homemade Street Traffic Theme Bath Sponges
This will keep the kids busy while having a bath as well as stimulating their imaginations and developing their storytelling skills. Cars, buses, trucks, …
Other Chocolate Play Dough Activity Ideas
Recently I posted an article about making Chocolate Play Dough Easter Eggs using chocolate moulds and homemade Chocolate Play Dough. The fun did not …
Ice Boats Water Play
Ice Boats Water Play: Water and ice are great for sensory play with kids as it engages children into a world of exploration and …
Chocolate Play Dough Easter Eggs
This Chocolate Play Dough really looks and smells just like the real thing! YUM!! The chocolate aroma has filled our house this week as …
Chocolate Play Dough Recipe
This Chocolate Play Dough Recipe looks and smells just like the real thing! It is a really easy recipe to follow with all the …
Simple DIY Felt Boards
Playing with felt encourages many great learning experiences as it is a sensory toy that involves touching, feeling and manipulating. It promotes creative play, the …
Play Dough & Cardboard Tubes
Cardboard tubes are a great addition for playing with play dough. The creativity and imagination is endless with this invitation to play. Play dough …
Paper Plate Easter Bunny Masks
Children have the most amazing imaginations as they love to pretend and play to be something or someone of interest to them. Making masks …
Pasta Easter Egg Hanging Decorations
Making Pasta Easter Egg Hanging Decorations is a super easy creative Easter activity for kids. They are so simple to make as kids love …
Paint Pops
Paint Pops are a fun and exciting painting activity for kids. It is a great variation to using paint brushes. Kids will have a …
Easter Felt Activities
Felt is a wonderful sensory hands-on learning toy as it is a fun and creative way for exploring early concepts. We have been playing with …
Pompom Easter Chicks
These Pompom Easter Chicks are a simple craft activity for kids to do this Easter! They are super cute and a fun prop to …
Easter Sensory Play Table
My three little chickies played with our Easter Sensory Play Table for hours!! It is amazing how giving kids the most simplest of props/items …
PetraLingua – Online Languages for Children
Come along and meet ‘Woofy’, sing a long, be surprised, play and learn a second language whilst having fun. …
Autumn Play Dough Leaf Prints
Autumn Play Dough Leaf Prints are a great activity to start off the new autumn season. We have been celebrating the new season and …
Nutmeg Scented Autumn Play Dough Recipe
Nutmeg Scented Autumn Play Dough is a beautiful spicy scented play dough that brings together all the wonderful elements of autumn. The nutmeg, cinnamon, …
Sorting Buttons
Buttons are amazing as there are so many different shapes, sizes, colours, materials and styles. Kids love to run their hands through buttons, sort …
Toilet Roll Alphabet
We have found a new and fun way to re-use and recycle our toilet rolls and bottle tops and create them into a wonderful …
The Nursery Rhyme Box
I love nursery rhymes and there isn’t a day that goes past where we do not sing one. Sometimes we will change the words …
What is Hiding in Our Jelly?
Since our first play experience with jelly, my kids have been asking if we could do it again. They had so much fun exploring …
Why Puzzles are so Important for Kids Learning?
From early childhood right through to adulthood we love to play with puzzles. We like the way they challenge our thinking and exercise our …
Pasta Play Dough
Let your child’s imagination run wild as they create and explore play dough and pasta. Through moulding and manipulating play dough and pasta together is …
Scented Rice Sensory Play
Not long ago I published a post on our Strawberry Theme Birthday Party, we had a sensory tub full of rice for party friends …
Bottle Top & Bubbles Bath Play
We have found another way of using our bottle tops – IN THE BATH! It is a simple unstructured and fun sensory play idea …
Apple Sight Word Activity with Paper Mache Tree
We have found a new and fun way to use our paper mache tree – to help learn our sight words! It is such …
Paper Mache Trees for all the Seasons
Paper mache trees are a great activity for demonstrating the environmental changes in trees throughout the seasons. Our paper mache tree is used throughout the year …
Heart Shape Paper Chains
Heart Shaped Paper Chains are so much fun and super easy to make. They are a great activity to do with the kids this …
Heart Bubble Wrap Painting
Bubble wrap painting with heart shapes for Valentine’s Day. Kids never get bored with bubble wrap, there is so much fun to be had …
Tissue Paper Window Collage
Today we made a Tissue Paper Window Collage and experimented with shades of colour with tissue paper, all with the theme of Valentine’s Day …
Valentine’s Play Dough
Strawberry Scented Valentine’s Play Dough smells sweet just like strawberries and fits perfectly with the Valentine’s theme. With heart shaped sprinkles and cookie cutters, …
Heart Flowers
Heart Flowers is a homemade craft using straws and heart shaped scrapbooking paper. Making heart flowers in a vase is an activity that you could …
Rainbow Rice & Bottle Tops
It is always interesting to see what kids come up with when you give them simple props to promote play with an open-ended, unstructured …
Rice Rainbows in a Cup
Using the rice from our Rainbow Rice Bags sensory play activity we went onto making our very own rainbows. We used the coloured rice …
Rainbow Rice Bags – Sensory Play
Bright, colourful, no mess, and fun – sensory play with rainbow coloured rice in zip lock bags. We have a few activities planned for the …
Giant Drawing
An fun activity that can last for days and all members in the family can contribute to – a giant drawing! A giant drawing …
Little Toilet Roll People
Making these little characters is so much fun as they can be brought to life in imaginative play games. They are so simple to …
Homemade Musical Instrument: Den Den Drum
We have had these homemade Den Den Drums now for about 3 years and the kids still love to play with them. At the …
Our Play Room
Whether it is a playroom, play corner, shared play area such as the lounge room, inside or outside, our kids need a place to …
Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins
Homemade Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins are my kid’s favourite lunch box treat and the recipes so simple to make! I absolutely love a recipe where …
Blackberry Finger Painting
As some of you may know I have been exploring blackberries with my kids this week and making blackberry play dough. All of these …
Wet Washing Hanging on the Line
Kids like to pretend! They like to pretend to be doctors, vets, check out operators but they most like to pretend to be a …
Making Blackberries with Blackberry Play Dough
After exploring fresh blackberries with our five senses, we then went on to create our own blackberries using Blackberry Play Dough. This play dough …
Our Play Room
A very exciting and new category coming soon to learning4kids! A look inside our play room and ideas for creating a play space for your …
Printable Letter Blends Puzzle
The Printable Letter Blends Puzzle is a hands on activity to reinforce or revise the learning of some letter blends. It is a fun …
Bright Star Kids School Labels Value Kit Review
Labels are a great way to avoid our littlies losing their possessions …
My Favourite: Annie’s Chair
Annie was boiling mad. Someone was sitting in her chair! ‘No one is allowed on my chair!’ Taken from the blurb on the back. …
Bath Time Bubble Fun!
Lost in a world of bubbles! The joy that bubbles bring to children is amazing and they will play with them for as long …
Sensory Alphabet Hunt
Making learning your alphabet fun by searching for alphabet letters in a sensory tub with strawberry scented and pink coloured rice. This sensory play …
Sensory Play with Sand
Sand is a toy! The less a toy does the more a child will learn! Sand is such a great sensory toy for kids …
What is Imaginative Play and How to Encourage it?
How to encourage and support imaginative play with our children? Imaginative play is essentially when children are role playing and are acting out various …
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A Fun Game for Building Fine Motor
In the early years, we often hear discussions about the importance of fine motor and gross motor development in kids. Here is a great …
Christmas Sensory Play Table
Christmas is an exciting time; it is also a time when we pull out all our Christmas decorations. There are lots of great sensory …
Christmas Paper Chains
Christmas paper chains are a great way for decorating the Christmas tree, the house or classroom at Christmas time. They are so simple and …
Gingerbread Man Cookies
Gingerbread Man Cookies are a favourite in our house! We added green and red smarties to make them more christmasy. They are so much …
Cellophane Christmas Tree Window Decoration
These Cellophane Christmas Trees look fabulous on windows with the sun shining through. They are simple to make and are a great way of …
Cellophane Snow Flake Decoration
Cellophance Snowflake Window Decorations are so easy to make and are a great way to decorate the windows at christmas. They look fabulous on …
Teacher Gift Idea – Kit Kat Santa
A Kit Kat Santa is a super cute and easy gift idea for the kids to make for their teachers, friends or family. I have …
Blackberry Play Dough Recipe
Blackberry Play Dough is a beautiful sweet scented and coloured play dough made to imitate blackberries. It is made using a mixture of …
Christmas Play Dough Snowman
Kids love play dough and it entertains them for hours! This Christmas activity involves making white glitter play dough, to mimic that of snow …
Strawberry Scented Play Dough Recipe
Strawberry Scented Play Dough is a basic play dough recipe with added strawberry essence and chocolate sprinkles to imitate that of real strawberries. 1 …
Party Play Dough Recipe
Party Play Dough is a fun, bright and colourful play dough with 100s & 1000s sprinkles kneaded through it. I have named it Party Play …