Tag Archives: fine motor

Pink playdough cakes, and squishy playdough footprints!

Posted by Ailsa on 20 September, 2012 2 comments

I have always made my playdough cold with just flour, salt, oil and water but I saw this recipe from the Imagination Tree and it was described as the ‘best ever no cook playdough recipe’. They are definitely the  playdough …

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Early threading skills

Posted by Ailsa on 20 September, 2012 1 comments
early threading skills

I have a fabulous stash of beads from when I was younger, and Annabelle has been having fun sorting and threading with them. I picked up a blue multi-section tray in the end of summer sale at Sainsbury’s as they …

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Pom poms to pegs, bin men to bubbles…

Posted by Ailsa on 8 August, 2012 1 comments

…Just a standard week, here are our little highlights! Pom Poms Thanks to Sarah at Pyjama School for this lovely little idea. This is a Montessori activity, and the Montessori approach really appeals to me (I should probably read up …

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Letter bread

Posted by Ailsa on 1 August, 2012 7 comments

This is an activity that we used to do all the time in Nursery when I was teaching full time, and I knew Annabelle would love it with her new found interest in letters. This is what we did – …

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Scissor Skills

Posted by Ailsa on 22 July, 2012 2 comments

Today we indulged in some good, old-fashioned cutting and sticking! Annabelle has been practicing using scissors with playdough and of course, cress, so we had a go at cutting some shiny paper to make a collage. I have been saving …

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