Category Archives: sensory play

Letter sensory tubs

Our little man is desperate to start reading.  He has actually taught himself most of the letters (the sounds not the names of the letters) and a few basic words but I want to make sure that he has a … Continue reading

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Baking Shortbread biscuits with the kids

Pink has been reading the Katie in Scotland book recently and wanted to make some shortbread biscuits like they eat in the book.   Lucky for me my mom had a lovely recipe for shortbread biscuits so a rainy morning inside … Continue reading

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Water beads, beans and weighing

My kids really love their water beads and I love how they have been incorporated into their play (they make great pretend cargo for the trucks and trains). Pink has had quite a sensory challenge with water so I am … Continue reading

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Construction play area

We have a new sensory play area and the kids are loving it. The blue mat is actually their large art messy mat, my attempt at trying to contain some of the excess sand.  I cut open some old Amazon … Continue reading

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Cupcakes – role playing and play dough

We love cupcakes in our house.  It has become a bit of a family tradition that when it is someones birthday we have cupcakes.  So after having our cupcakes on Sunday Pink and I decided that we needed to open … Continue reading

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