I have been looking for more fun ways to practice some numeral recognition with W and I think this mini-skittle game is something he will really enjoy. It is a great way of up-cycling some old yoghurt drink pots too. First I painted the empty pots with a 50:50 mixture of paint and Mod Podge glue. When dry I attached a polystyrene ball to the top with craft glue. Then I simply added some googley eyes... ...drew on faces and finally painted each with a number from 1 to 6. Now we are ready to roll! We will probably use a small bouncy-ball as our bowling ball. I am hoping for W, ...
Teach Your Toddler Numbers With Beads and Pipe-Cleaners
I came across this wonderful post by Anna over at The Imagination Tree a few weeks ago. The nexy day the boy woke up at some truly ungodly hour and after breakfast we had a great time playing this until the rest of the world woke up. It was so quick to set up and there are hardly any supplies required. The Imagination Tree is chock-a-block full of great play-based learning posts so if you are ever stuck for inspiration I strongly advise you to pay this blog a visit. For this activity this was all we needed: Five small pieces of card, folded. Five different coloured ...