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at home activities to encourage both fun and creative learning!
Looking for effective and engaging ways that you can encourage both fun and creative learning experiences in the comfort of your own home?
Here you will find a variety of delightful, themed activities designed specifically for you and your little ones by Court - our very own early childhood educator, Mum of three & social media wizard. Court has tried and tested these activities with her own 3 children and in her 15 years + working in early childhood development!!
These activities not only aim to foster a spirit of fun and creativity but also help in developing essential fine motor skills that are important for your child's growth and development!
let’s create.
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Mini Rockets!
These mini rockets made are a great activity as a follow up from themes in the Puddles and Planets book.
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Galaxy Dough!
Chuck on your creativity cap and get those fine motor skills muscles working and create some homemade coloured galaxy dough!!
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Paddle Pop Stick Planet Puppets!
These funky planets puppets have been made from a printout found on the “colouring in free resource page”!
Mini rockets.
For this activity you’ll need-
Toilet rolls
Paints
Paintbrushes
Coloured Cardboard
Glue
Scissors
Decorations- Stickers, glitter, sequins, buttons, beads, pom pom’s etc, anything that will make your rocket soar!🚀
Paints, paintbrushes and coloured cardboard from your local Big W or Kmart.
Stickers, glitter and Sequins from $2 shops.
* Ensure all items are age appropriate for your child to avoid choking hazards.
Remember to always be CREATIVE, use your IMAGINATION and have FUN!
For some inspo see our Instagram reel here -
galaxy dough.
For this activity you’ll need-
2 cups of plain flour
2 cups of water
1 cup of table salt
2 tbs cooking oil
4 tbs cream of tartar
Food colouring of your choice
Get those fine motor muscles working with some homemade galaxy dough 💫🪐
Use your paddle pop stick planets as props to create your own mini galaxy along with glitter, stones, sequins, stickers- wherever your imagination takes you!
* Ensure all items are age appropriate for your child to avoid choking hazards.
Remember to always be CREATIVE, use your IMAGINATION and have FUN!
For some inspo see our Instagram here -
planet puppets.
For this activity you’ll need-
You can draw planets on paper or cardboard or print the planet print out from our resource page here
Paddle pop sticks
Tape
Pens and pencils
Paddle Pop stick planet puppets that can be used for role play, imaginative play, developing cognitive skills, fine motor and extending on vocabulary- think puppet shows, recreating scenes from our “Puddles and Planets” book, sensory tables, props for playdough, learning the names of planets, counting resources and colour recognition.
This is a resource that can be kept for many different learning activities. In this reel linked below we used sticky tape to protect the paper from ripping but you can also use a laminator or contact paper.
Use your paddle pop stick planets as props to create your own mini galaxy along with glitter, stones, sequins, stickers- wherever your imagination takes you! 🪐💫
* Ensure all items are age appropriate for your child to avoid choking hazards.
Remember to always be CREATIVE, use your IMAGINATION and have FUN!
For some inspo see our Instagram reel here -
