The paddling pool is out, the sun is well and truly shining so here’s our favourite children’s books that celebrate summer. We’ve included a range of chapter books, books with summer activity ideas, picture books and non fiction! Our favourite summer chapter books: Clifftoppers (3 Book Series) We’ve […]
Here’s a lovely craft to make you’re very own kaleidoscope, which makes a fab sensory resource. We made our ‘under the sea’ themed to match this weeks theme. I’ve my mum to thanks for this fantastic craft idea! What do you need? Pringles/other tube Foil Sequins Clingfilm Paper […]
Have you tried painting on foil before? Here’s a wonderful, sensory craft that kids will love! What do you need? Foil Paint Paintbrushes String Sticking tape How to make it: 1. Discuss what under the sea design you would like. Maybe draw on a piece of paper first. […]
Today’s activity is a really lovely craft which has the added bonus of being a great resource for developing fine motor skills and hand strength (these are really important skills for learning to write, find out more about fine motor skills here) What do you need? Card Glue […]
This week we discovered the most amazing magazine! Have you read it? It’s called Creative Steps Magazine and its bursting full of absolutely brilliant children’s craft activities. I was in awe at how many there were! Plenty to keep your kids busy. It’s also really educational! GIVEAWAY! Creative […]
Tomorrow will be the start of our Under the Sea themed week on the SEN Resources Blog as part of our online summer holiday club #SENResourcesSummer We are very excited to be teaming up with the wonderful TTS Group to giveaway a set of three gorgeous Under The […]
Today’s activity is 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 […]
Try making and racing your very own Lego balloon cars! So much fun, easy to build and great fun to watch racing across the floor! What do you need? -Balloons -lego bricks How do you make them? 1. Build a simple car using Lego 2. Make a gap […]
Playing with Porridge oats and other cereals can be a lovely sensory and therapeutic activity. Great for introducing calm to energetic kids. What do you need? Container/tuff tray- we used a large, plastic container with a lid- so we could close the lid and use later in the […]
Heres a simple and quick activity that provides hours of imaginative play fun! Great on those rainy days! What do you need: Masking Tape (quite a lot!) Pen Something to make your airport buildings (duplo, building blocks, cardboard) Toy planes What do you do? Depending on the size […]
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