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Painting Feet: Painted Socks

By Pauline On April 29, 2012 · 21 Comments · In Activities for Children, Creative Play, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Short & Simple, Toddler, Toddler Activities, Wet Weather
    Painting Feet: Painted Socks   There’s something odd about the experience of putting paint on ourselves. I find it calming and relaxing. Eg, when painting my nails, I forget about the world for about 15 minutes. Likewise, face painting my kids keeps them still for 15 minutes. All we see and feel for [...]
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Chalk Hop

By Pauline On April 20, 2012 · 5 Comments · In Activities for Children, Creative Play, Outdoors, Play, Pre school, Short & Simple, Toddler
I’ve had this game on my to-do list for weeks. My game plan: draw beautiful chalk lily pads and encourage my boys to hop on each lily pad. Gross motor skills at work here: jumping and landing; something Master E (almost 2) is loving at the moment. I took our chalk tin out of our [...]
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Fine Motor Skills: Puzzles

By Pauline On April 11, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Activities for Children, English, Fine Motor Skills, Pre school, Subjects, Toddler, Work
Whilst cleaning up the tags on my blog, I noticed quite a few posts about fine motor skills. This doesn’t surprise me as writing has always been a pet interest of mine, and fine motor skills is a major building block for writing. Fine motor skills is basically the way we use our hands and [...]
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Cut Out Snowflakes

By Pauline On April 2, 2012 · Add Comment · In Activities for Children, Fine Motor Skills, Kids Arts and Crafts, Pre school, Preschool, Work
  Scissors are very attractive tools at our working tables.    Cutting, like drawing, is a skill that develops as a child’s fine motor skills matures. The more control children have over the scissors in their hands, the more complex their cutting skills become.   When children begin to cut with scissors, teach them to hold [...]
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