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Makenzi Ruedisale

I noticed that this is a learning experience that does not have the five ingredients. I noticed that though it is colorful, matching colors is not as engaging as an activity that requires more senses. This activity only uses paper, and children can really only interact with it with sight for the most part. They may be able to see things like shapes and numbers on the cars to match, but that is really what they are limited to doing. It does have velcro attached to the cars that the children can rip off and move around to match colors, and is stuck in a binder, but there are no other senses that really  happen with this activity. Children can really only interact with the velcro in their senses and their sight to match colors,  and do not get to smell and really are only feeling paper as they interact in other ways with the activity. Since the cars are made of paper, the children cannot see what wheels do, or if there are different types of engines and colors and other parts of cars like they do with what a toy car has. Even though a car is not the ideal thing to see, it is more realistic in more engagement than paper is. I would use toy cars because it is more helpful for engagement with colors and sight than paper and velcro is.

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Grab this 11 pages of car parking themed learning activities printable pack and make a fun busy book for your Toddler. This pack covers alphabet match, colors match, shapes match and numbers match

❤️ LIST OF PAGES ❤️
Total number of activity pages: 11

► Colors Match
► Shapes Match
► Numbers Match (numbers 1 - 10)
► Numbers Match (numbers 11 - 20)
► Numbers Match(10's)
► Alphabet Match (UPPERCASE LETTERS - 3 PAGES)
► Alphabet Match (LOWERCASE LETTERS - 3 PAGES)
You can make mix and match activities for the Alphabet pages.
Car Parking -> Car
UPPERCASE -> UPPERCASE
UPPERCASE -> LOWERCASE
LOWERCASE -> LOWERCASE
LOWERCASE -> UPPERCASE

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Letter Size (8.5" X 11")
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Preschool Busy Book Printable Car Themed Activities Vehicle - Etsy

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Grab this 11 pages of car parking themed learning activities printable pack and make a fun busy book for your Toddler.

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Makenzi Ruedisale

Slime is a great way for children to explore and use their senses.  Slime allows children to explore by using their sense of sight, smell, and touch.  Making slime with real ingredients would be something that would make the experience more realistic, so that children would understand how slime is made. It meets the criteria for the 5 ingredients, because it can be manipulated by being made,  and the materials are real. Children can smell, feel and see what slime looks like when it is made. Slime can easily be pulled apart to be given to another child if needed.  Children can be given choices when using this product. If the slime is too "wet" feeling, children should be given the opportunity to play with the slime by using gloves if they don't like the texture. If they also want to choose other things, different colors can be an option, and maybe different things like sparkles or maybe other toys to play with should be a choice to add into slime if they would like that to further explore what happens when you add them. It would be better to have alignment in the step of being able to talk about what we discovered about slime as a group, and what they think of the experience. This would make sense because they would understand how it is made, and what they can do with it, etc.

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More than 50 of our favourite non-food items to add to your sensory bins to encourage rich hands-on play in Early Childhood.

Many of you already know how much we love using sensory bins for play but s ometimes it's just not practical to use food stuffs as a sensory bin base. It might be because you're in a classroom setting with too many germy hands or because it attracts pests but this doesn't mean your children have to miss out on rich sensory play, it just means looking for non-food alternatives.
Here you will find more than 50 of our favourite materials for non-food sensory play that are simple to find and store along with a FREE printable poster to keep you inspired!

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Every so often the discussion about using food vs non-food in sensory bins pops up in discussions around the web. We use both but when it comes to food, I do try and use expired or out of date food or like the day a new 2kg bag of flour fell of the top shelf of our pantry and onto the floor - food that would have only made it to the bin otherwise.
Of course, cooking with your kids is a fantastic way to experience hands-on play with food in a respectful manner.

Some preschoolers may disagree but play dough is not food. It does allows for plenty of different ways to play. Why not set up a pretend environment to encourage play? A handful of Schleich animals and your preschooler will want to play all afternoon.

2. PAPER PULP

Paper pulp is easy to make from recycled shredded paper and provides such a rich sensory experience. You can't help but touch it and mush it together again and again it's feathery texture is so inviting. It's a great way to stay cool on hot days too. Why not make some of your own paper after play? Here's
how to make your own paper.

Rock salt is available in bulk and was perfect for creating this 'Frozen' inspired terrain. We need to create a suitable setting for our DIY Anna and Elsa.

Rocks we love! Easy to find, simple to store but so many different ways to play. Perfect for making invitations to play! Check out these DIY projects to try.

6. KINETIC SAND

7. SOAPY BUBBLES

8. SHAVING FOAM

Shaving cream - so simple and the clean-up is surprisingly easy considering the mess. Play with just the foam or add some food colours to turn it into paint.

Hot weather? Shaving cream and ice are a great way to spend a hot afternoon.

Frozen blocks of ice are another way to play on a hot day. We love our Schleich animals for creating small worlds for play.

11. FAKE SNOW

Fake snow offers another alternative for warm weather days. Add some glass gems and some animals to recreate to Arctic small world.

12. FABRIC SCRAPS

Paint! Finger painting never gets old whether your child is a toddler or a tween.

14. FOUND OBJECTS

Found obje cts = the cheapest, simplest way to play! And I always find the ownership of this play by the child is always high.

15. SHREDDED PAPER

Shredded paper. Better when there's lots to play in!

16. BIRDSEED

Again this one was super easy to clean up when played outside and the birdseed made such a lovely sound being poured from one container to another.

17. CUT STRAWS

This sensory bin filler proved a big hit with my students. With many still learning how to use scissors correctly, I had created a cutting invitation using plastic straws not realising that that cut straws would prove to be the perfect sensory base for many other invitations in class. They feel lovely running through your hands and make a lovely sound too.

18. I SPY OBJECTS

All of the objects in our I Spy sensory bin were chosen to build math rich language during our play.

Slime can be used as a based for your sensory bins and the choices of what can be added to your basic slime recipe is endless. Little Bins for Little Hands is my go to place when it comes to slime recipes like their rainbow slime.

Possibly the quietest of all the sensory bin materials to chose. Perfect for promoting early maths skills and building language as shared by Let Them Be Little.

21. WOODEN BEADS

This might take a while to collect this many wooden beads but just imagine the type of play it would encourage! I love this idea from Rubberboots and Elf Shoes.

22. WATER BEADS

Another quiet sensory rich material to try except for the squeals of delight when children start to play!

Just add water and watch with amazement as the water beads grow and grow right before your eyes. These things are super bouncy and shouldn't be used around any child still prone to mouthing objects.

23. WATER BEAD + SHAVING FOAM

Adding water beads to our shaving foam made for the perfect invitation to pretend as you can see from our icecream sundaes we made.

24. SAND + SHAVING FOAM

This sand foam recipe from Paging Fun Mums is simple enough to get your kids making it.

Use what the seasons provide and add some Autumn leaves to your sensory play. Picklebums did just that with engaging results.

shells, glass gems, fresh glass clippings, sand, We created this helpful FREE printable to keep as inspiration in your classroom!
What has been your favourite non-food base for sensory play? There really is more that could be in this list - pop beads, mud, water, lids, buttons, cotton wool, tinsel, bells, fake jewels, petals, packing peanuts, coloured sand.... What would you add?

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More than 50 of our favourite non-food items to add to your sensory bins to encourage rich hands-on play in Early Childhood. Many of you already know how much we love using sensory bins for play but s ometimes it's just not practical to use food stuffs as a sensory bin base.