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. 

Scavenger hunts are a great way for children to learn through play. This activity is good for all ages, but especially for those still learning their colours.

Letter matching activities are an excellent way to explore the alphabet. This is a very simple and easy upper and lowercase letter matching activity, with some fine motor skills practice thrown in!

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.

Fingers make the best pencil when it comes to practicing letter formation. Develop writing skills with this fun, sensory repetition exercise.

Have fun using this Alien Play Dough Counting worksheet. Decide how many arms, ears, eyes and even mouths the alien has and create it out of play dough.