Lucie Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi everyone, looking for ideas to add a different dimension to pouring and filling so just thinking at the moment that a thicker liquid could work well, but I'm stumped. The target at the moment is to build children's arm muscles and hand eye coordination. Sorry for the quick post, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 we often use ublick in our water tray large quantities are great fun (TTS sell big bags) or cellulose paste for swamp mud or soap flake slime (great with small whisks to make big bubbles...that works well for shoulder movements and wrists)....or sunnyday has just posted about making clean mud (haven't tried that one yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Soap mud - grated baby soap, toilet roll torn into little pieces, boiling water - leave to cool (obviously) - lots of fun! :1b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 It is noisy but what about no water and use rice which is heavier....you need to work out what funnels etc it will flow through but different and good on cold days....dont get cold hands. You can buy bags of rice cheap at wholesalers if you have an account or get parents to donate out of date packets Sue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Soap mud - grated baby soap, toilet roll torn into little pieces, boiling water - leave to cool (obviously) - lots of fun! :1b .......we added glitter today! :1b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 not water tray but today we used golf tees , hammers and polystyrene , immense fun had by all , we extended this by adding pots of small and large coloured elastic bands to attach and make patterns and designs , got all engaged for an hour , lots of turn taking , hand eye coordination , hammering techniques, fast, slow and noise ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) not water tray but today we used golf tees , hammers and polystyrene , immense fun had by all , we extended this by adding pots of small and large coloured elastic bands to attach and make patterns and designs , got all engaged for an hour , lots of turn taking , hand eye coordination , hammering techniques, fast, slow and noise ! Love that idea. Did you just use packing polystyrene? Really want to do this, I know our big group of boys would love this activity. Edited February 6, 2014 by zigzag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Yes I had some I had saved the thicker the better , we used the hammers from our tap tap shapes , wooden ones, golf tees were £1. 99 from sports direct and were nice long ones too , enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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