Home Play Ideas
Exploring
- different textures including packaging, balls, fabrics etc
- ‘junk’, especially large cardboard boxes
- food items
- ice – different shapes and colours
- ice with other items such as rice, water, toys
Physical
- spinning
- bouncing – trampoline, gym/peanut ball,
- balancing – walking along items, sitting/laying on a gym/peanut ball, standing on a cushion
- climbing
- running, jumping, skipping, hopping
Sensory/Pressure
- rolling in blanket/rug
- pushing body/head against something soft such as a cushion
- hanging upside down off sofa/bed
- homemade playdough
- water play – involving hand, feet, full body. Try adding items to the water such as bubbles, colours, floating toys, sinking toys etc.
- bubbles created by a machine, by blowing, by moving bubble wand
- child blowing bubbles is a great skill for them to develop
- blowing bubbles in water through a straw
- blowing through a straw to move items such as balls of paper, pom poms and bubbles
Communication ideas
- Ready, steady…. go (aiming for the child to say ‘go’ ) games – bubbles, tickles, chasing, letting a balloon go
- Songs - sing through a favourite song with your child. Next time, pause at a certain point and see if your child will sing or react for you to continue.
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