Jack Skellington Halloween Sensory Play!
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This is the first in a series of resources I will be releasing to support Montessori activities at home. I designed this one to work alongside the Le Toy Van stacking animals, however it can of course be used in a variety of different ways!
Each set contains two of the same animal (fox, rabbit, bird, hedgehog, rabbit, bear, mouse, tortoise, squirrel and a deer). The initial idea is for the child to make pairs of matching animals. I would begin with only a few different animals and work up to the full set.
Other ideas for the cards include:
Today's sensory play was a real hit with Arlo. Not only had I kept this Holztiger crocodile (what is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator to a 1 year old anyway?) a surprise, but we were also playing with his favourite sensory ingredient - dyed rice!
Today I made something I’ve never used before - aquafaba!
If you haven’t heard of it before, it’s a fluffy mixture which vegans use to make cakes and other recipes. All you need is: chickpeas, a splash of lemon juice and food colouring of your choice.
That’s it! Now you have a great fluffy, sensory resource!
For this activity, I went for ‘all things blue’ to line with our little boy blue rhyme (plus, of course, the little boys sheep and cow!) I made the aquafaba and put it into one half of my Ikea flisat table.
It was great fun and Arlo really enjoyed the feeling of he fluffy foam.
Drop me a comment below to let me know what you think!
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This activity would be perfect from babies who are interested in water play to children well into primary school. It was an absolute hit!
If you've never come across oobleck before - it is an absolute wonder to behold! In short, its a mixture of 2 parts cornflour to 1 part water. It acts as both a solid and a liquid meaning that when you press it, it seizes up like a solid, however it can also run through your fingers as a liquid. Add any food colouring you like and the possibilities are endless. If you've never done it before, this one is a must try!
I used this Ikea Flisat table to create two separate spaces. In one side, I mixed 2 cups of cornflour with 1 cup of water and some blue food dye (I also added a sachet of powdered jelly to create a 'glittery' look and make the oobleck a bit more like slime, however this is optional). I then buried some sea creatures in the mixture. In the other side, I added some warm water with a splash of soap. I left a towel for mopping up spills and a sponge for the cleaning.
The idea of the activity is to remove the sea creatures from the horrible oobleck mixture and give them a wash to make them nice and clean again!
This was a genuine hit. Arlo LOVED it. I cannot recommend it enough. It also made a wonderful entry to my monthly play hashtag #OctoberFoodPlay as everything used was taste safe!
Drop me a comment and let me know what you thought of this activity!
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Today just felt like a cupcake kind of day! I prepared my environment by laying out all of the ingredients needed to bake cupcakes and Arlo joined me in his learning tower to help put the ingredients together and mix them all up.
Once cooled, we decorated with icing and sprinkles and sat as a family to eat one after dinner! Yum!
This is such an important experience for children. At only 18 months, Arlo is a bit too young to bake indepen dently, but that doesn't mean we can't involve him in the process! He is more than capable of pouring the ingredients together, stirring and even spooning the mixture into the cupcake cases. He iced the cupcakes entirely independently and while there was a bit of mess, I thought he did a great job!
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If you follow me on Instagram, you will no doubt have seen that I am currently conducting a monthly play challenge all to do with taste safe play! The idea is for you to have a go at some food related activities and post them using the hashtag #OctoberFoodPlay. If you'd like to be featured, you'll also need to make sure you are following me on @MontessoriAtHomeUK and tag me in the description.
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