Educational Activities and Resources for Childminders

I love these sun catchers because they look so beautiful on the window. They would make a fantastic Mother’s Day gift 💕
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Come and join us over at Crafty Creative Kids for some fantastic craft ideas and take a look at our new website to see our Amazing Planning Calendar 🎨🚀🖼🧚‍♀️✏✂️🦖🌈🖍

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Value Foil blanket - Perfect for sensory play and den building 😀

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Here are some simple, every day fine motor activities.

https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2018/10/fine-motor-activities.html

Here's a fun summer science activity... make your own sundial!

SEE IT HERE: https://theresjustonemommy.com/paper-plate-sundial-stem-activity/

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Using nature to create art is always a firm favourite with our children. Inspired by these flowers we decided to use them for printing. Simple yet wonderfully effective, you could use the effect to produce mother's day or birthday cards.

Great play dough recipe to try!

https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/playdough-recipe/

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A great activity which produced not only a lovely piece of art work, but it also created a wonderful opportunity for talking, developing vocabulary and understanding of the world.

Make these all natural fruit play dough recipes for sensory play with young children!

https://theimaginationtree.com/natural-fruit-play-dough-recipes/

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This is an activity that children love to do over and over. Of course you could plant seeds, but for a repetitive activity use some fake foliage and flowers and plant away. Lots of opportunities to talk about the science around plants, growth and colour. Wonderful for helping with fine motor skills as they fill, plant and scoop.

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Need a quick rainy day activity? Go on a COLOR HUNT!

SEE IT HERE: https://www.redtedart.com/rainbow-colour-hunt-rainy-day-activity/

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These are fun and delicious!

http://pagingfunmums.com/.../06/dinosaur-footprint-cookies/

Create a dinosaur small world play scene in a suitcase for playing on the go! Perfect for long journeys, staying with grandparents, keeping small toys organised by theme and as a simple yet beautiful homemade gift!

https://theimaginationtree.com/dinosaur-small-world-play-in-suitcase/

These melted crayon rocks are the perfect summer craft! They make great gifts for kids to give.

SEE IT HERE: https://www.redtedart.com/melted-crayon-rocks-gifts-that-kids-can-make/

Do you know any little dinosaur experts?

https://rainydaymum.co.uk/salt-dough-dinosaur-fossils/

Paper Plate Owl Craft!
Craft Here --> https://craftsbyamanda.com/paper-plate-owl-craft/
This super cute owl is fun to make, and if you wanted to, you could even makes the wings movable!

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Another opportunity to play and learn with bottle tops. Opportunities are endless and children love to move them around and create their own number sentences. Have fun!

Adorable Hatching Dinosaur Eggs! How cute is this free printable? https://www.redtedart.com/pop-up-dinosaur-juniors/

1m x 1m Artificial Grass, perfect to use on a tuff tray 😀

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Make some super simple Easter bunny cups for going on easter egg hunts or giving treats in! A quick and easy decoration and DIY gift idea for the kids this Spring!

https://theimaginationtree.com/easter-bunny-treat-cups/

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Grass Heads are super fun to make and a great way to teach kids about growing and looking after things. You can make these all year round (indoors) or make a batch now, ready for Spring! https://www.redtedart.com/kids-crafts-grass-heads/

How to dye metallic rice for sensory play?
This is super sparkly and magical and again, doesn't use any vinegar or hand gel. So simple to make in minutes!

https://theimaginationtree.com/dye-metallic-rice-sensory-play/

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Great activity; bubbles and paint all in the same activity - always a winner! Enjoy 😊

Try this awesome fluffy slime recipe for extra big amounts of sensory playtime fun!

https://theimaginationtree.com/super-fluffy-slime-recipe/

Digging, scooping, searching, extracting... This is one of my favourite ways to let my preschoolers play with snow indoors!

DETAILS HERE: https://happyhooligans.ca/diamond-dig-snowy-sensory-bin/

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It’s hard to keep kids entertained during lockdown so I’ve done the legwork for you. You’re so welcome.
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OUTDOOR SNOW DAY ACTIVITIES - How cool is the Mr Potato head idea!

https://www.redtedart.com/snow-day-activities-outdoors/

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The free printable fun continues.. check out our set of activities for St Patrick's Day! https://funcraftskids.com/st-patricks-day-activity-set/

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12 Zodiac Animals - Free Coloring Pages for Chinese New Year. So cute! https://funcraftskids.com/chinese-zodiac-coloring-pages/

Also available as GREETING CARDS here https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/12-Zodiac-Animal-Greeting-Cards-Coloring-Pages-Chinese-New-Year-6362360

This is a super simple valentine math activity for preschoolers. I actually used our broken heart numbers as a math invitation during center time.

https://fun-a-day.com/valentine-math-activity-broken-heart-numbers/

Create some beautiful stained-glass effect hearts for your window!

https://theimaginationtree.com/tissue-paper-stained-glass-hearts/

🦠🦠🦠The Little Germ that Travelled the World 🦠🦠🦠
A book for children to explain the importance of handwashing and social distancing.
Written in rhyme for young children to teach them about diseases and viruses

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