This fun scavenger hunt focuses on the initial phonetic sound of common words. Children will have fun hunting around the house for items!

Making sticker patterns is a fun way to encourage concentration, classification skills and fine motor abilities. 

Digging the seeds out of a pumpkin can be messy! This slimy activity is a great sensory experience for children who enjoy getting their hands dirty.

Making paper chains is a fun way of creating decorations at Christmas, or any other time of year. Cutting the strips of paper uses bilateral hand coordination, meaning both hands are doing different tasks. Gluing the ends together practises hand-eye coordination and concentration. 

Play dough activities for early years maths helps to combine sensory activities, fine motor skills and number work which is a great way of bringing numbers to life.

Children must learn the shape of numbers before being able to write them with confidence. This activity uses dry penne pasta to promote number recognition.