Exploring volume and capacity through hands-on activities will help children develop an awareness of these measurement concepts. Volume and capacity are properties of […]
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Funnels, tubes, sifts, bottles, scoopers, spoons, bottle tops and SAND! The perfect sensory play recipe for kids with endless fun and exploration. There are
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How to Colour Sand for Sensory Play, is a quick and easy step by step guide on creating your very own colourful sand for
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Sparkly Fireworks Sensory Tub is a simple sensory fireworks play idea, following on from our Fireworks Play Dough activity. It is a great celebration
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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
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Digging For Dinosaur Fossils Sensory Bin: I previously shared an activity here on How to make Dinosaur Fossils? This is how we played with
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How to make Sand Foam? Sand Foam is perfect for sensory exploration. It is made up using only two ingredients, sand and shaving cream.
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Sorting Shapes in our Sensory Bin is a fun activity for children to learn about shapes, colours while developing their fine motor skills. This
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Recently we shared here on Learning 4 Kids a Bottle Top Soup Game and Miss 4 absolutely loved it. We extended the sensory play
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Scoop and catch fun! Bottle Top Soup Game is a fun sensory activity using simple items found around the home. Kids love to play
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The kids are going to love this!! Digging for Spaghetti Worms in Dirt is a simple sensory activity that only takes a few moments
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Sensory tubs are such great teaching tools and when I was recently cleaning out our pantry, I found a couple of mixed soup packets
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Catch and Scoop is a fun and engaging activity that encourages fine motor development and scissor skills. This activity is great for sensory exploration
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Old Mac Donald had a Farm is a favourite nursery rhyme in our house at the moment and we have read (and sang)
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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
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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
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This activity was FUN, REALLY FUN!! Kids love to get messy, it comes with being a kid as they explore their natural curiosity about
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
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Not long ago I published a post on our Strawberry Theme Birthday Party, we had a sensory tub full of rice for party friends
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Making learning your alphabet fun by searching for alphabet letters in a sensory tub with strawberry scented and pink coloured rice. This sensory play
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Sand is a toy! The less a toy does the more a child will learn! Sand is such a great sensory toy for kids
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Making Fluffy Snow using soap flakes is a fun and messy sensory play activity. It is a great way to incorporate a bit of
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Ooey, gooey, slushy and messy! Playing with jelly! I have had this sensory play activity planned for some time and I am so thrilled
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My name is Janice and I am an Early Childhood Teacher in Australia.
I have a strong passion and love for teaching and creating meaningful learning experiences for my students. What I love most is watching children discover in those amazing light bulb moments. I hope Learning4kids brings you some useful ideas.
