Sensory Invitation: Making no-cook play dough
We tested this PBS kids recipe for no-cook play dough. If your child likes to taste play dough, leave out the glitter. The recipe is fun to mix up, but not as smooth and pliable as cooked play dough.
Intent: To give children an opportunity to see how play dough can be made, to engage their senses and build motor skills stirring and mixing.
Fine Motor Invitation: Exploring Play dough
Once the dough is mixed, your child can explore it in many ways, poking, pinching, rolling or cutting into small pieces with a butter knife.
Intent: The dough provides a medium for small motor development, creative expression, and sensory exploration.
Art Invitation: Chalk
On this lovely warm day, try taking some sidewalk chalk outside. Children can make marks on concrete, rocks, or wood. To further the exploration, you can also bring out a cup of water in which children can dip the chalk.
Intent: To allow children freedom for creative expression on a large scale, to give an opportunity to experiment with how chalk works on different surfaces, to explore mark making.
Outdoor Invitation: All About Balls
What different balls can you throw?
What ball is easier to kick versus throw?
Is your ball bouncy?
What different sports do you play with the balls at your house?
Intent: Get outside and enjoy the nice weather and beautiful spring scenery. We want to encourage the toddlers to use all of their big body muscles to enhance gross motor development.
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