Simple early years ideas for everyday play

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Sensory Play
Mixing secondary colours by rubbing two painted handprints together
Sensory Play
Exploring an ice landscape sensory tray with frozen water blocks and winter small world figures
Creative arts and design
Painting with coloured ice cubes on paper to explore colour mixing and melting
Winter
Cutting snowflakes from paper and counting beads (3–4 years)
Winter
Snow painting with ice blocks using spray bottles and watercolors (Winter)
Literacy
Sharing favourite stories by bringing home books and creating a 'my favourites' basket for group exploration (3–4 years)
Literacy
Creating story sacks from household teddies and toys to reenact stories or invent new ones
Winter
Drawing winter story characters with mark making materials to develop grip and early literacy (3-4 years)
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