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Finger Painting with extra everyday items makes a great sensory activity for toddlers using a Tuff Tray. For babies, having the tray on the ground supports their gross motor skills, having them crawl around and sit in the tray. It is also much safer for climbing toddlers. Then you can add in other textures, like oats, Bran flakes, Cheerio’s, or Weetabix to make it a bit more interesting if you want. Messy play is a great way to engage your child in explorative learning. Kids and mess go so well together. So why not channel this into something positive (and contained space) for some messy play? The toddler was very specific about wanting different ‘fields’ so we used masking tape to mark these out on the tray. It’s better than drawing them on as it stays on a little better. You don’t need to mark out different fields though, you can just create different zones naturally if you don’t have tape or chalks. We used the chalk pens to draw on a lake and some trees for the animals to give a little detail.

Simple remove the bulk of what your children have been playing with, sweep out and then wipe with a cloth or easier yet hose off in the garden (depending on what you have been using. Don’t go adding sea salt to your garden beds). Create a turtle tuff spot. Fill a tuff spot tray or similar with a water and bubble solution and place a laminated copy of the song inside. Immerse the turtles in the soapy water and sing the rhyme together. Here are some Tuff Tray play ideas from some amazing bloggers to inspire your next invitation to play Wooden curtain rings on a mug stand may look boring to you and I, but the toddler’s I care for as a childminder absolutely love this and play with it almost every day they’re here. It’s great for developing fine motor skills too!If it’s summer, you can use ice as a great cool down activity. Freeze some lego figures, pom poms, animal figures or even flowers, in some ice and then give them some spoons, wooden hammers, and pipques with warm water, to try to melt the ice. The idea of loose parts play is really big in childcare settings just now. The benefits are enormous. Wooden toys are often recommended over plastic, so this activity is spot on for both! To fix a warped Tuff Tray, simply place the tray in the sun-filled with water for a few hours. How to use a Tuff Tray All children benefit from messy play, and will often find ways to turn any playtime into messy play themselves. This type of discovery play assists children in grasping and refining core skills that will form the basis of more mature learning later on. Motor skills are practised as little hands learn how to manipulate different materials. Basic trial and error, problem-solving, understanding patterns, and different states of matter all come from messy play.

Engaging children in addition practice isn’t always easy, which is why we’re loving Rebecca’s pond-themed tuff tray and her lily pad sums! When my kids do this in the garden, in summer, they use baking trays and add in flowers, and grass and little twigs to make pretend food.

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The Harvest Festival is a traditional event celebrated on the Sunday nearest to the appearance of the harvest moon. All of these Sensory Tuff Tray activities for Toddlers are meant to keep them busy and happy while you get a couple of jobs done or sit down for a much needed cuppa! Fill the tuff spot tray with sand and add Squidgy Sparkle Letters or Number or shapes to the sand – which letters can the children find – can they identify each one – can they find enough letters to make a word?

We got our metal stand from a local toy outlet and having their play elevated makes play so much more accessible so I highly recommend a stand if you can get one! The seasons are a great excuse for a themed lesson, and autumn especially lends itself to awakening the senses. Explore this sensory bag activity with your class to give them the chance to experience their senses through an autumn theme. Tuff Trays are manufactured from durable, heavy-duty plastic. What are Tuff Trays known as around the world? However, I am not a fan of the huge mess, or storing that much sand, so I use an alternative for inside.

Messy play can begin any time but usually starts when children are approaching two years old. This is when a child’s fine motor skills in dexterity are developed enough to have control over activities in a tuff tray. Tuff tray ideas for 2-year-olds should involve objects and materials in simple groupings such as colours and textures. Open-ended play should be promoted where children can manipulate the contents of the tuff tray any way they want.