Why does this slime look weird? It was actually failed attempt to do slime with clear glue but the texture was a fun one. It is like Playdough got married with slime, so I let it and Manu loves it. You can use just Playdough or just slime to recreate the bin.

Go for a mini beast hunt: can you hunt for spiders and their webs? What else can you find? Explore the outdoor environment, provide magnifying glasses and pooters, clipboards, paper, pencils, Information books. This activity encourages creativity, fine motor and malleable skills, one to one correspondence and counting skills. Small group discussion: what was special about Anansi’s spider sons? Who was your favourite? Why? How can we work together and help each other? Ask questions to encourage the children to give more information: What? Why? Where? Who? For this activity all you need is a basket with holes on the side, white yarn, and plastic spiders. Age: Tabbies to work on learning colors and 2’s to practice on similarities and differences as well as color matching.

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A fantastic collection of twenty songs, nursery rhymes, stories, puzzles and tongue-twisters performed by Sophie Aldred and Richard Mitchley. I love how ideas just come out of doing other activities. This was initially a spooky spider sensory bottle because Halloween is just around the corner and when I shared it with my son I started to sing the itsy bitsy spider. Ohhh I had purple glitter because it was a spooky spider but I’d I changed it to blue, then it would act as the rain!! A collection of Incy Wincy (Itsy Bitsy) Spider activities and resources to encourage creativity, counting and literacy development for young children! I dumped my spooky sensory bottle and replaced the purple glitter with blue confetti to make this one. This follows the same tutorial (15 sec video) as our spooky spider. How to Make a Itsy Bitsy Spider Sensory Bottle This activity was so much fun to set up! I had done this when Manu was a baby and each time we have played with it is a different experience. As he gets older the challenge increases!

How many different creatures can you find - worms, slugs, snails, caterpillars, beetles, ants, woodlice, ladybirds? Make a simple graph to record your findings. Enhance your water play provision with plastic bugs and mini-beasts frozen in ice. Add plastic spiders and tubes to scaffold ‘Incy, Wincy Spider’ rhyme. Fill the reminder 1/4 of the bottle with clear glue or clear soap (hand or dish soap works fine). The glue or soap will make the confetti and spider fall slower than I’d you just do water.One of my favorite sensory bin themes is using water. This is perfect for those babies and toddlers still putting things in their mouth. Using a colander, create a water sensory bin, practice pouring skills as well as taking the time to splash and start learning “sink or float” concepts. Itsy bitsy Rice sensory bin This is a fun way to bring a song to life and to create a lasting resource for home or classroom using kids’ artwork as the main decoration. Using some velcro to create detachable pieces makes it interactive and prompts involvement from the child at the right part of the song. You could create a whole book of favourite songs and rhymes this way!

Once upon a Spidery time... If possible have a selection of pictures of spiders, soft toys or puppets to represent the characters and to focus attention. These will also aid any additional retelling and sequencing activities. There's a whole hour of listening for everyone to enjoy - ideal for playtime, bedtime, or the car! Read more Details

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