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No Egg Left Behind

By Pauline On April 3, 2012 · Add Comment · In Activities for Children, Fine Motor Skills, Play, Play Dough, Pre school, Toddler Activities
Easter egg hunts. There’s hiding. There’s seeking. There’s chocolate. What fun! But… do you have the (unpleasant) stray chocolate egg(s) that appear months later in the oddest of places because they weren’t found during the egg hunt at Easter? If you’ve never had an egg left behind, I want to hear from you. The part [...]
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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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Drawing Circles

By Pauline On March 30, 2012 · 6 Comments · In Activities for Children, English, Fine Motor Skills, Handwriting, Kids & Writing, Pre school, Subjects, Work
Children’s drawing skills progress as their fine motor skills mature. The more control over the pencil or crayon they have in their hands, the more complex their drawing skills become. At 12 months – 2 years the crayon is held initially in the palm with the thumbs pointing upwards (in a dagger grasp); the child [...]
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Squishy Worms Painting

By Pauline On March 26, 2012 · 5 Comments · In Activities for Children, Kids Arts and Crafts, Pre school, Toddler, Work
The rains have arrived in Sydney; a sure sign that Autumn is here. I take a deep breath of the crisp cool air as I savour the arrival of my favourite season. The rains have brought my sons delights of their own. The rains have beckoned worms to the surface. My preschool twin sons N&M [...]
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