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Category: Fine Motor Activity

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Science Play – A Rainbow Eruption

by playinspiredmumon September 26, 2018September 26, 2018Leave a Comment on Science Play – A Rainbow Eruption

The school holidays have began and one of my goals is to up the science play. Mr 10 loves science and is like a sponge for intel around the subject. …

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Nature and Nude Playdough

by playinspiredmumon September 24, 2018September 24, 2018Leave a Comment on Nature and Nude Playdough

Scrolling through social media, I often get caught up in the hype of elaborate activities and play ideas for the kids. While they are still on the cards, today I …

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Colour Sorting a Rainbow

by playinspiredmumon September 23, 2018September 23, 2018Leave a Comment on Colour Sorting a Rainbow

Children are attracted to bright colours. When you think about it, it’s the brightly coloured fruits that are often the sweetest, most ripe and packed with nutrition. While I love …

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How to Make Playdough

by playinspiredmumupdated on March 22, 2019September 22, 2018Leave a Comment on How to Make Playdough

Playdough is a very popular sensory medium that can be used for so many different play experiences. Whatever the theme of your play, playdough could be incorporated into an activity. …

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A Pom Pom Rainbow Whisk of Fun!

by playinspiredmumupdated on April 3, 2019September 20, 201811 Comments on A Pom Pom Rainbow Whisk of Fun!

Getting dinner ready has become a fine art at our place. Gone are the days when cooking dinner meant just that. It now means, preparing a meal, helping with spelling, …

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Water Play with Spring Flowers

by playinspiredmumon September 19, 2018September 19, 20181 Comment on Water Play with Spring Flowers

We had a beautiful spring day yesterday. After a long week of illness, it was lovely to get the girls out in the sunshine at the park while their brother …

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Going Nuts Over Rainbows!

by playinspiredmumon September 18, 2018September 18, 20181 Comment on Going Nuts Over Rainbows!

One thing I am trying to instil in my children is gratitude. Gratitude for what we have and what we have access too. Yes, it’s nice to dream, have goals …

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Creative Dinosaur Play Dough Stomp!

by playinspiredmumon September 17, 2018September 17, 2018Leave a Comment on Creative Dinosaur Play Dough Stomp!

Dinosaurs and kids pretty much go hand in hand. I haven’t met many who aren’t keen to start roaring and stomping their feet while showing off a toothy grin. After …

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Squishy Discovery Bags of Fine Motor Fun!

by playinspiredmumon September 6, 2018September 6, 2018Leave a Comment on Squishy Discovery Bags of Fine Motor Fun!

Scanning and searching for patterns, symbols and objects is known as a great pre-reading exercise. While I feel she is well and truly not ready to pick up a book …

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Exploring Measurements

by playinspiredmumon July 26, 2018July 26, 2018Leave a Comment on Exploring Measurements

When entering the world of measurements, it can all be a bit daunting. There are grams, cups, tablespoons, litres, centimetres, kilos and millilitres just to mention a few! Then there …

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Taste Safe Milk Dough!

by playinspiredmumon July 24, 2018July 24, 2018Leave a Comment on Taste Safe Milk Dough!

A fun, taste safe activity using only 2 ingredients you probably have at home!

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Tapping into Fine Motor Play

by playinspiredmumon June 25, 2018June 25, 2018Leave a Comment on Tapping into Fine Motor Play

We keep a fair number of our toys on rotation. Every couple of weeks or so, I’ll go through and take some out of our play space and pop them …

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Squishy Fine Motor Fun!

by playinspiredmumon June 22, 2018June 22, 2018Leave a Comment on Squishy Fine Motor Fun!

We love playing with water beads at our place however they can be very dangerous if consumed. Miss 4 is old enough to understand the risk and will happily keep …

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Paper Pineapple!

by playinspiredmumon June 21, 2018June 21, 2018Leave a Comment on Paper Pineapple!

Welcome to a quick and easy rainy day activity. Patience is a skill that needs to be practised and what better way to encourage it than with glue. I haven’t …

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A Rainbow Jellyfish

by playinspiredmumon June 16, 2018June 16, 2018Leave a Comment on A Rainbow Jellyfish

The immediate result of giving some plastic straws and pair of scissors to four and nine year old quickly is a whole lot of teeny tiny coloured tubular pieces! To …

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Styling With Some Fine Skills

by playinspiredmumon June 11, 2018June 11, 2018Leave a Comment on Styling With Some Fine Skills

Paper plates are great resource to pull out for a great activity. We have turned paper plates into aquariums, tambourines, wind whirlies and all sorts. Watching Miss 4 try and …

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Making Fiddly Fun

by playinspiredmumon May 31, 2018May 31, 2018Leave a Comment on Making Fiddly Fun

We use our hands, particularly our fingers every day. Whether it be using a spoon while eating breakfast, fastening the button of our jeans or turning the steering wheel of …

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A Milky Tray

by playinspiredmumon May 29, 2018May 29, 2018Leave a Comment on A Milky Tray

When I asked Miss 4 if she would like to do a tray activity yesterday, her reply was yes please, with milk and you put shaving foam on the milk …

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Poking Pom Poms!

by playinspiredmumon May 24, 2018May 24, 2018Leave a Comment on Poking Pom Poms!

Miss 15m loves screwing and unscrewing the lids from bottles, containers and little pots. Watching her manipulate her fingers in different positions and strategising how to remove the lid is …

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Counting in Context

by playinspiredmumon May 22, 2018May 22, 2018Leave a Comment on Counting in Context

I have often referred to learning through play as being so much more than just 123s. While I still completely stand by this statement, I certainly still see the value …

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  • 🐨Free Koala Poster - Day 1 of 12 days of Christmas Poster Collection! 🐨

Get a free poster every day before Christmas! I have the link in our Play Resources Page πŸ™ Link in bio! 
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  • πŸ§€πŸ₯’πŸ₯• Stem Veg πŸ₯•πŸ₯’πŸ§€
We did our morning snack a little differently this morning. Miss 2 loved the challenge: build a tower as high as you can! 
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  • 🌟🌈 Salt Painting 🌈🌟
The aim today was to make a pretty Christmas tree using the old salt in glue trick with a bit of coloured water. Well we achieved that and then some! Miss 2 loved watching the colours blend into the salt so much, I poured a handful into our play tray and let her explore. She loved every minute! 
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  • 🚧 Construction Play Dough 🚧

Remember our Cinnamon and Ginger Play Dough from a couple of weeks ago? Here is another fun way to use this amazing sensory playdough! 
Miss 2 love making the imprints and tracks using her trucks and a collection of natural resources we have stashed away for these very activities. She then rolled β€˜snakes’ that were tall, medium and short just because she can πŸ₯°

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  • πŸŒŸπŸŽ„ FREE Christmas Posting Printable πŸŽ„πŸŒŸ So many of you loved our elf posting DIY the other day and there were requests for a template which I passed on and check it out! 
Print, laminate, cut and pop them on some toilet rolls and you are good to play! 🚨 Limited time only 🚨

Get the link via our Play Resources page in bio  or comment below for the link πŸ™

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  • 🌈 What do you think we will see 🌈 
We took a visit to a wildlife park today. It was so much fun! We got to see lots of animals, learn about their origins and what they need to survive. 
Before we left for our adventure, I asked the girls to draw what they thought they might see... Miss 5 drew an emu and Miss 2 was more interested in tracing dinosaurs πŸ¦– πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈπŸ˜… The girls used our Crayon Rocks from @crayon_rocks_australia to create their masterpieces. They are such an amazing tool that encourages proper tripod pencil grip with no coaching from me at all! πŸ™Œ Get the link for them on our play resource page in our bio along with a coupon code PLAYINSPIREDMUM10 already loaded in the checkout to save you 10% off! πŸŽ„

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  • 🐘🦁 10 Little Indians! 🦁🐘 We had some fun counting to 10 with this fun nursery rhyme! The repetition and captivating tune of this little song certainly helps those numbers stay firmly in your mind πŸ˜…

Miss 2 loved making the animals sounds before placing the cards over the numbers from 1-10! Check out her sharp lion teeth! 
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  • πŸŽ„ Christmas Name Tinsel πŸŽ„

Miss 2 has been loving learning her name... and Christmas activities so we combined the two! These paint sticks dry in less than a minute so were perfect to set up our Christmas Tree! Teamed up with sticky dots, she was spelling her name in different colours in no time!

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  • πŸŽ„ Elf on the Shelf πŸŽ„ These two troublesome troops got into our @crayon_rocks_australia this evening! They hung their creations up with the kids art wall. They really have worked their way into the family now πŸ₯°

Crayon Rocks are the perfect tool for creating a solid foundation for healthy handwriting habits. Tap the pic for the link and find code PLAYINSPIREDMUM10 already at the checkout for you to save 10% off!
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  • πŸŽ„ Thank you @woolworths_au πŸŽ„

Miss 5 loved the challenge of folding this little origami reindeer! This sheet was a lovely surprise from the checkout lady at our local #woolworths_au
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  • πŸŒŸπŸŽ… Santa’s Button Counting πŸŽ…πŸŒŸ A festive fine motor counting activity! This easy DIY was aimed at Miss 2 who loved it however Miss 5 also enjoyed it too! 
We used the black eyed peas to represent the buttons on Santa’s coat. The number by is feet showed the number of buttons he needed πŸŽ„

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  • πŸŽ„ DIY Advent Calendar πŸŽ„

Christmas Activity Inspiration for every day! This printable is full of simple creative play ideas! Why not team it up with your Elf and the Shelf’s fun? 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Link in bio πŸ™ 
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