Playful Maths Ideas. 10 simple activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Feb 25, 2014

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"10 simple maths activities for kids"

These fun, hands-on activities came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup and most are suitable for kids aged between 2-5. For the younger children, focus more on the really open-ended hands-on play ideas like the sensory tubs and baskets and look at things like shapes, colours, basic size differences and counting small collections. As your child gets older, activities that are a little more focused like corresponding amounts to numbers, counting and adding larger numbers and basic measurement are great to build upon the foundations they have already learnt.

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Simple DIY colour sorting and fine motor activity

Feb 22, 2014




As a way for my son to learn to identify colours, practice sorting and further develop his fine motor skills, I made up this quick and easy DIY colour sorting game using a recycled ice-cream container. If you don't have one, you'll have to eat some ice-cream. All in the name of parenting of course.


Age6 months- 2 years +
(N was approx 18 months here. See bottom for tips to simplify or extend to meet your child's needs)

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Activities for kids to help develop Fine Motor Skills

Feb 18, 2014

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This week we are showcasing

"9 Fine Motor Activities for Kids"

These great posts came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup and most are suitable for children aged from about 6 months up. When it comes to toys and activities to develop fine motor skills, you will find that you don't need to buy anything special. Here you will find a fun range of ideas and activities that you can make or put together yourself, generally using stuff you already have at home.

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Ideas for an Art Party

Feb 15, 2014

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If you're a regular reader of our blog, you will know that we love getting arty and that painting is one of our favourite activities to do (just check out the "Arts and Crafts" category in the sidebar to see some of the arty activities we've shared). With this in mind, it seemed like a natural choice to give my creative daughter a fun and unique birthday party where she could get messy and creative with all her friends.

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8 Toddler Painting Activities

Feb 11, 2014

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This week we are showcasing

"8 Painting Activities for Toddlers"

These great posts came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup and most are suitable for children aged from about 6 months up. Toddlers in particular should have a great time trying out all these different ways. Painting offers a wonderful sensory experience for children and allows them to develop their creativity, colour knowledge, oral and descriptive language skills, fine-motor skills and more.

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8 Fun Snack ideas for kids

Feb 4, 2014

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This week we are showcasing

8 FUN snack ideas for kids

These great posts came from last weeks Tuesday Tots linkup

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Enticing Literacy. DIY Writing Box for kids.

Feb 1, 2014

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For Maddie's 5th birthday I made her a special "Writing Box." Being a teacher of the Early Years I knew that she was at the perfect age for really developing her writing skills and love of writing. She is already interested in writing, thanks to activities we've done over the years such as writing in salt, writing with water on the chalkboard and sensory name writing. You don't have to wait until your child is 5 years old though to make something like this. It should interest and engage them in writing/mark-making/drawing/creativity regardless of the age.

As my daughter is just starting her first year at Primary School, I know that this means that over the year she will be expected to write and to practice things like hand-writing, letter formation, sight words, story telling, etc. My vision is that having a special way to inspire her to want to write and get excited about writing, should hopefully help in this area.
I have always tried to encourage a love of literacy in her and this was just another way that I thought would help entice her to really want to write and be creative with her own special box and materials.
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