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Fine Motor Activities Black & White Collage via Lessons Learnt Journal 08 (1)

Fine Motor Activities: Black & White Collage

By Pauline On August 24, 2013 · 2 Comments · In Activities for Children, Art, English, Fine Motor Skills, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Subjects, Work
Fine motor skills refers to the strengthening of small muscles in the hand which are used in fine movements. These skills are demonstrated in: grasping (e.g. using a pencil or blocks); manipulating (e.g. scissors, play dough);and hand-eye coordination (e.g. writing, using a mouse to move a cursor). Encouraging children to build up their fine motor [...]
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Collage with Sticky Back Paper

By Pauline On August 13, 2013 · 12 Comments · In Activities for Children, Baby, Creative Play, Fine Motor Skills, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Short & Simple, Toddler, Toddler Activities
Create a playful space for babies (and beyond) by setting up a simple sticky-back paper collage. It seriously takes less than a minute to set up and provides countless moments of creating, play and discovery. Awesome much? We love play of all types, but I make it a point to write about our short and [...]
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Baby Play: Markers & A Big Cardboard Box

By Pauline On July 30, 2013 · 8 Comments · In Activities for Children, Baby, Creative Play, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Short & Simple, Toddler, Toddler Activities, Wet Weather
A big cardboard box and some markers = Miss K’s happy place. This isn’t only baby play, Miss K’s older brothers love the big cardboard box and markers too. We sometimes add some bingo daubers for some paint, and some stickers. I sometimes help cut out windows upon their requests. On the whole though, they [...]
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Time to Create: Fabric Art For Kids

By Pauline On July 26, 2013 · 9 Comments · In Activities for Children, Art, Creative Play, Infants School (5 - 8 years), Infants School (5 - 8 years) Activities, Kids Arts and Crafts, Play, Pre school, Preschool, Primary School (9 - 12 years), Primary School (9 - 12 years) Activities, Subjects, Toddler, Toddler Activities, Work
Ever enter a classroom and see 20 crafts or pieces of art that look almost identical to each other? Aww… cute… Yes, crafts are cute, and I enjoy them, but then one of my Teaching Professors at uni introduced me to the world of process art. Process art blows my mind away! It’s open ended, [...]
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