TOYS FOR LIFE

To learn fine motor skills

Throw 2 colour dice and lace a sea animal with the 2 corresponding colours. Or place a serie of cards on the table and lace the same sea animals. Develop visual discrimination, sorting and fine motor skills.

To learn to design bead pictures

Make colourful patterns with beads. Place a transparent bead board on or next to an image card and add the beads. Stimulates hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness and creativity.

To learn about shape, colour and pattern

Create beads patterns as shown on the assignment cards by stringing beads on a lace or holder.

To learn new words and social skills

Turn over the image cards one by one and look if the image is on your bingo card. Who is the first player to fill a bingo card?

This activity focuses on hand-eye co-ordination and manipulative skills. It also develops colour recognition and distinction.

Three coloured shapes are put onto the three vertical dowels according to the instructions on the workcards.

To develop vocabulary of opposites.

Collect pairs of cards which are opposites of each other. Describe and name what you see and improve vocabulary.

To learn to count up to 10. Understand number bonds to ten. 

Fill trees with the amount of red apples, indicated by a number symbol and dots. Complete trees with green apples up to 10. Understand number bonds to ten. Develop fine motor skills.

To learn to count up to 10

Search for assignment strip items on the theme boards. For each item found, place a bead on the stand. Flip the assignment strip over for the answers, shown in both dots and numbers. Stimulate counting and number sense up to 10.

To learn to count up to 10. Understand number bonds to ten. 

Let passengers get on or off the bus to practise math skills. How many passengers take a ride with the bus? Introduce counting, adding and subtracting up to 10.