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Play Dough Math Activities
If there is one thing we love, it’s play dough. Another thing we love is creative learning. Today we’re sharing creative math ideas using our favorite sensory and fine motor medium: Play Dough! These 9 play dough activities have one thing in common, and that is creative ways to practice math skills and concepts. Kids…
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Rhyming and Synonym Puzzle Activities
We all have puzzles that pieces go missing. You’re building along with the kids when you get to the last handful of pieces and realize that there is just ONE puzzle piece that is missing. It might be under a couch cushion, in the car (EVERYTHING ends up in the car at some point!), or…
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Cardboard Tangrams and Visual Memory
We’ve had these DIY cardboard shapes in the house for a couple of years now. These easy Tangrams are made from recycled cardboard and large enough that small hands can manipulate and build while learning shapes and colors. We used our cardboard building shapes to create two and three dimensional shapes while encouraging shape identification…
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Stamp Process Art Learning Worksheets
Using things you have around the home is a great way to play, create, and learn. We made these learning charts using something that might just get thrown away: a food pouch bottle cap! Make your own learning worksheets for improving pencil control, counting, letters, ordering, handwriting, fine motor skills, line awareness, and so many…
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Math Dominoes Discovery Sensory Bottle
Using things you have in the house for learning and play is the way to go when purchasing items is expensive and excessive. We made this Dominoes Math Discovery Bottle for some sensory math practice this past week using a few items that we had on hand. The nice thing about this sensory discovery bottle…
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Cursive Lines Fine Motor Art
The latest obsession in our house is learning cursive handwriting. My oldest daughter asked to learn how to write in cursive and I was so very excited to show her. Teaching kids how to write in cursive with creative techniques and unique modifications was one of my favorite things to teach as a school based…
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Learning Ideas on Windows and Glass Doors
When the weatherman calls for rain or the kids need a little something special to do, you’ve got the perfect learning surface right in your house for creative learning. Today, we’re sharing learning activities that can be done on windows! Using a vertical surface in writing is a beneficial way to incorporate muscles of the…
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Learning with Legos in Math, Literacy, Occupational Therapy
Using items you already have around the house in learning and play experiences with kids is the best. You can modify a toy or item (like measuring cups) or reuse an item (like bottle caps) to make it a learning game. You can also use the toys and items you see every day in a…
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Bubble Wrap Math Visual Scanning
Popping Bubble wrap is a fabulous fine motor work out for kids. Popping the little air bubbles in recycled plastic wrap works the muscles within the hand (the intrinsic muscles) and opens the thumb web space, which is important in an efficient pencil grasp. We used bubble wrap in a visual perceptual activity and a…
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3 Ingredient Kinetic Sand Recipe
We’re excited to share this 3 Ingredient Kinetic Sand Recipe today. This batch of homemade sensory dough was SO much fun to make and beyond messy, sensory fun to play with. We kept this dough out all day long and played as we passed the bin. This is a dough that you can’t keep your…
