This is an activity that is suitable and enjoyable for children of all ages.
When filling up the water tray with warm water, add a little food colouring or essence of your choice to the water, this can make a nice change to normal water play and appeals to the child’s other senses.
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i have also used fruit tea bags in water and they smell gorgeous, the children develop physical skills by squeezing the tea bags and even pulling them apart to explore whats inside, this then links in with KUW, they also develop language skills by using words such as squeeze, drip etc.
i have also used warm water in the tray and added chopped lemon, limes and oranges… again it smells lovely and the children notice the shapes, sizes, patterns and colours of the different fruits.
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Mon 9th Nov 09
i love it…… its sumfin different for children to do especially for babies…. i ve done this activity with babies n they ve enjoyed playing with colourful water……
thanx hun
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