Nursery Activity Ideas - Rice Pudding Play
An enjoyable Messy play activity for children of all ages.
You will need:
- Tins of rice pudding
- Water tray or a deep tray
- Tea set
- Containers of various shapes and sizes
- Plastic Animals or other favourite toys
Activity:
Empty the tins of rice pudding? into a water tray or smaller messy play trays. Allow the children to make a mess exploring the texture, taste and smell. Add toys to the rice pudding for the children to play with, such as a tea set or containers of various shapes and sizes. Different toys can be added which will suit the individual children’s interests.
Older children whilst completing this activity can begin to learn about early volume and early mathematical language, such as full and empty as well as experimenting with the containers and how much each can hold for example.
Areas of learning covered:
- Personal and Social development
- Language, Literacy and Communication skills
- Mathematical development
What do you think of this activity? Let us know by leaving a quick comment.