Archives for: December 2011
Safety Rules for using Scissors!
31/12/11 10:18, by Tikal, Categories: Health, Art and Craft, Activities , Tags: cutting, safety, scissors, skills Sign up FREE to ToucanLearn to receive hundreds of activities, games and craft for preschool children! Find out more...
Making and creating, cutting and gluing are all great fun and part of every child's creative journey - it is important to encourage them to have the confident to use the tools we have available rather than teaching them to be afraid of the tools. Scisso… more »
Cookies and Cream!
30/12/11 10:02, by Tikal, Categories: Learning Play, Art and Craft, Activities , Tags: cooking, hand eye co-ordination, shape. colour, size Sign up FREE to ToucanLearn to receive hundreds of activities, games and craft for preschool children! Find out more...
This is a great activity to use up some of the Christmas packaging you might have and also have a go at making some cardboard cookies to play with.
Take some brown corrugated card packaging and cut out lots of varied cookie shapes. Talk about the shap… more »
Keep Fresh Produce Fresher
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Toddlers can be surprisingly good at eating fruit and vegetables but as they only eat small portions, you can face a challenge keeping them fresh. Here are a few tips on keeping your fresh produce extra fresh so that your little ones can enjoy a healthy… more »
Colourful Collage!
11/12/11 08:37, by Tikal, Categories: Learning Play, Art and Craft, Child Development, Activities, Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) , Tags: craft, creative, fine motor skills, making Sign up FREE to ToucanLearn to receive hundreds of activities, games and craft for preschool children! Find out more...
Making a collage is easy, fun and a great way for little ones to practice their fine motor skills. Once assembled, they can see their work and touch it too experiencing all the different textures and materials. Collage is actually one of the areas of a… more »
Snippy Fun!
09/12/11 07:35, by Tikal, Categories: Learning Play, Art and Craft, Activities , Tags: cutting, fine motor skills, scissors, shapes Sign up FREE to ToucanLearn to receive hundreds of activities, games and craft for preschool children! Find out more...
Learning to use scissors is a skill that takes time and practice to master. Just like learning to use cutlery or learning how to walk, the children need to be given guidelines to help them, rules to make sure they are safe and plenty of practice to get… more »
'Find My Child' Service
03/12/11 09:06, by Tikal, Categories: Parenting, Family, Days out, Activities , Tags: alerts, find my child, lost children, mariella frostrup, social helpworking Sign up FREE to ToucanLearn to receive hundreds of activities, games and craft for preschool children! Find out more...
A new service has been launched to help parents and child carers who suddenly find that they have lost track of one of their children. Find My Child offers an iPhone app, voiced by Mariella Frostrup, with which you register information about your childr… more »
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