I posted a collection of fine motor skills activities a couple of weeks ago which we had a LOT of fun putting together, so I couldn't resist creating a collection of Roald Dahl themed fine motor skill ...
Science and Literacy
Activity Ideas for Aliens LOVE Underpants
Our Aliens LOVE Underpants washing line from a few weeks ago was so much fun it led to lots of other Alien and Underpant themed ideas.The washing line activity was designed to investigate how ...
The Lorax Sensory Tray
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 ...
Aliens Love Underpants – Washing Line
If you're using Aliens in Underpants as inspiration, this activity is great fun. The idea is to dip cut outs of underpants made from different materials into water and then time how long each material ...
The Gingerbread Man Science Activities
In the story of The Gingerbread Man an old women bakes gingerbread men, one comes to life and races away, eventually he meets a fox who tricks him into climbing onto his nose to cross a river. The ...
Supporting literacy with science activities
I try to make any learning we do at home fun and for me science is the most obvious way to do this. I'd love to know what you think of this collection of ideas for supporting literacy with science. ...
Chromatography and phonics
This is a similar chromatography activity to our filter paper phonics, but this time we've kept the colours separate so the separation of colours can be seen more more clearly. I wrote a selection of ...
Filter Paper Phonics
My little 5 year old will be doing her Year 1 phonics test later this year so we've been trying to practise a little bit at home to support her learning at school. She was so excited when I pulled out ...
Star Wars Science Ideas
We're all very excited about the new Star Wars film coming out, so it seemed like a great opportunity for some space themed science! I'll be publishing individual posts for these activities over the ...
Stick Man Activity Ideas
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson is one of my favourite children's books, I think party because it reminds me of Autumn and Christmas which are my favourite times of the year. Stick Man has inspired a lot ...
