This week we’ve had SO much fun making dinosaur bones from salt dough. A wonderful activity for young children either at home, school or nursery. * *please please remember salt dough is NOT for eating, it’s just for making. As with all our crafts and activities we do […]
Here’s a fun craft to keep little ones entertained. It’s also a lovely one for helping them practise their scissor skills and fine motor skills. * (More scissor skill activity ideas can be found here and information about fine motor skills and activities here.) What do you need? […]
What are the best play dough/ modelling resources for young children? One of our favourite ways to practise fine motor skills is by squishing, squeezing and shaping. But with so many types of play dough and similar resources available it can be tricky to know which ones to […]
Here’s a fun, paper craft activity to create a fish by weaving paper in and out! We share a lot of fine motor skills activities and crafts on The SEN Resources Blog. This is because fine motor skills are important for helping children build up and strengthen those […]
Scissors! We want kids to be able to use them correctly, safely and successfully…but in order to do that …they need to practise! And I’m sure I’m not the only one who worries a little bit about the practising part, especially if it’s unstructured. If it was up […]
We have found the most wonderful craft resource this fortnight: Sequin Art*. If you’ve not seen these sets before, have a read because we think they are absolutely fantastic and provide a whole array of benefits to children from developing concentration and patience to fine motor skills. We’ve […]
We’ve been trying out a really fun Fine Motor Activity this week: Paper Weaving*. It’s such a versatile kids craft that can be done by itself or used to make cards or pictures. We made a dinosaur card, but you could use it to make any card by […]
Today’s book review on The SEN Resources Blog is a little bit exciting, as it is part of Willow Tree Books’ Blog Tour for their (absolutely brilliant!) book Save the Day for Ada May. The Blog Tour basically means that each day over the next two weeks Save […]
Summer has arrived and we’ve been trying out some ‘self serve’ craft activities for kids. By ‘self serve’, I mean ones where you can provide the materials on the table and the children can help themselves and create their craft independently (with us there to support when needed) […]
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about many peoples concerns with toys contributing to the vast amounts of plastic ending up in landfills and the ocean. Choosing plastic-free toys instead of plastic ones can be a way of making a small difference by reducing the amount of […]
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