Sensory trays are perfect for bringing a book to life as well as being great fine motor skill practice and for general imaginative play. Our Lorax sensory tray has two stages, the first shows a happy world with brightly coloured truffula trees and the second a much gloomier tray after the Once-ler has had his…
This hands-on chicken life cycle sensory bin is brilliant for working on fine motor skills, whilst introducing the concept of a life cycle. We used a chicken as the example as most children are familiar with eggs and chickens making it a little easier to understand. What you’ll need: How to make a chicken life…
This colourful, messy summer art project is perfect for summer science in the garden. As well as generally having fun we decided to investigate whether the paint would travel further if we filled the syringe to the top compared to half full. We discussed what we thought might happen before starting and talked about what…
This super simple flower sensory tray is a brilliant way to introduce even very small children to the basic parts of a flower, and also a great fine motor control activity as the petals are quite hard to pick up with the tweezers. This activity is also a great alternative to a flower dissection. If you…
Hand and finger strength is very important for holding a pencil correctly, fastening clothes and other fine motor skills. Did you know there are over 30 muscles in the hand and forearm? Muscles in the forearm control elbow, wrist and finger movements while the much smaller muscles in the palm of the hand control smaller…
Playdough is a fantastic sensory material with endless play opportunities. You can set up beautiful small world settings, make a play-dough ice cream shop or chocolate shop, or even use it to learn about forces. We used the Imagination Tree’s wonderful play dough recipe for these Christmassy creations. The other great thing about playdough is…
This easy autumn themed static electricity experiment is great for kids of all ages and super simple to set up! Jumping leaves static electricity experiment You’ll need Balloon Paper, cut into leaf shapes – tissue paper works best, but you can experiment with different types of paper. Woolly jumper or hair Instructions Cut up the different…
One of the activities my children ask for over and over again is a bowl of cornflour gloop. It’s so easy to make and keeps everyone happy for hours, although it is a little on the messy side, so I’d definitely set it up outside if at all possible. To make the gloop even more…
These fizzy pirate coins are super simple to make and lots of fizzy fun. We used food colouring to make the baking soda look like rocks and added shiny coins for the children to find. First, we cleaned up some pennies to make our shiny pirate coins. To do this, we simply placed them in…
This is a great themed activity for starting to learn about properties of materials and good experimental design. The idea is to make and test pirate swords built using different materials. First we made 3 different pirate swords. You can use any materials you have handy, but we used thin cardboard, a cardboard tube and…
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