motion sequence Age 5-6
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Tongs
There are many different activities with tongs - they build on each in difficulty level and
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Spooning
There are many different activities with spoons - they build on each other in levels of
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Simple, everyday tasks
Children want to investigate and exercise tasks, they see us do.
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Trays for little household helpers
Explore and practice everyday domestic tasks.
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Binomial cube
The binomial cube is a sensomotor experience, that supports the development of spatial
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Trinomial cube
The trinomial cube is a sensomotor experience, that supports the development of spatial
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The 5 vertebrae puzzles
The 5 animal puzzles with one animal each from the five animal kingdoms.
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The invertebrae puzzles
The missing animal puzzles with some animals of the invertebrate animal classes.
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Colormatching with clothes pins
Colors from yellow to purple and from light to dark.
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests:
- Interests: colors shading
- Skills: Fein motor skills Pincergrip Muscles needed for writing
- Type of play: Matching game
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Pasta in a bag
Pasta in all colors and shapes make the most beautiful necklaces.
Put
...Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests:
- Interests: Colors Patterns
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincergrip Hand-Eye-Coordination
- Type of play: Lacing
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Felt tangram
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests:
- Interests: Animal Letters Numbers
- Skills: Persistence Concentration Abstraction
- Type of play: Puzzle
Felt loops
Making long lines or chaplets out of felt bands - practising opening and closing buttons, snaps
...Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests:
- Interests: Latches
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincergrip Hand-Eye-Coordination
- Type of play: Practical life
Patterns with foam shapes
Laying free or given patterns with foam shapes.
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests:
- Interests: patterns symmetry
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincergrip
- Type of play: Tile-based game
Letters in a box
Building words - in the car or on the train!
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests:
- Interests: Letters
- Skills: Reading
- Type of play: Tile-based game
Solar system - quietbookpage
The planets in our solar system - a quiet book following the sewing pattern of
Lacing blocks
Lacing smooth silk ribbon through different sized thread eyes.
Fishing game or counting fishies
Colourful glittery fish made from felt.
Everything about puzzles
Is there a order for puzzles, that is good to follow? My childs puzzles provide no challenge -
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Sensory tray - a small sensorybin
A tray of bits and bobs and a little bit of rice - the sensory bin in small size can also be a
...Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests.
- senses used: Sense of smell Sense of sight Sense of touch
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincer grip
Cube-mosaic
100 cubes in 20 colours.
Patterns on the light table
Lay out and explore exciting luminous patterns.
Plant windows
Preserve and explore natural treasures from a walk through the woods.
Rainbow Peg dolls
Replay family, friends or the nursery group.
(Tile-based) puzzle with three basic forms
Triangles, squares and rhombuses in rainbow colours invite to create new shapes.
Counting blocks in Montessori colors
1, 2, 3... - Counting and building all in one.
Couting with stones
Make a game with pepples to assign numbers and quantities.
DIY Spielgaben - endless opportunities to play
Triangles, squares and rhombi in all the colours of the rainbow
DIY Light table - IKEA hack
A table, an acrylic sheet and LED-light strips.
Rainbow-Window-Blocks
Glowing blocks in the colours of the rainbow
Mirror corner
mirror, mirror in the corner...
The easiest and quickest playdough
This play dough has many different variaties and only needs very simple ingredients - no
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Window paint - quick to mix
Do you want to paint on your windows with brushes or fingers and have the paint come of
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Rainbow-Sensory bins
Rainbows are fascinating for all ages.
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests.
- used senses: Sense of sight Sense of touch
- skills: Fine motor skills Pincer grip Categorization
Magnetic, glowing stones
Glowing, mysterious discs in all the colours of the rainbow
Matching games
Every child enjoys matching games.
Water is alwasy fun - easy sensory bins with water
Water is probably the simplest filling material for a sensory bin.
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests.
- Used senses: Sense of smell Sense of touch
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincer grip
Treasure bins for sorting and digging
Digging-Sorting-Decorating-Hiding-Finding
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests.
- Used senses: Sense of smell Sense of touch Sense of sight
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincer grip
(Ant)Arctica - Snow, pinguins and icebears
A little bit of water, instant-snow, a few animals and here we are in the polar regions!
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests.
- Used senses: Sense of touch
- Skills: Fine motor skills Pincer grip
Cloud dough
Cloud dough is soft, slightly sticky sand you can easily make yourself. Furthermore it is safe
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Slimy slime
Slimy slime - made of only two ingredients!
It feels like the slime that
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Kinetic sand
Kinetic sand has different flow properties than regular sand or moon sand.
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Winter bird-food-balls
Easy homemade bird food balls
Do it yourself watercolor
Do you want to make your own brilliant watercolors?
You can with this
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Oobleck
Ooblek - non-Newtonian fluid
Our alternative for "magical water" is
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Which seeds are these?
What grows from these little seeds?
Life cycle of a snowdrop
The growth stages of a snowdrop as a layered puzzle.
Life cycle of a bean
The growth stages of a bean plant as a layered puzzle.
Life cycle of a painted lady
The life cycle of a painted lady as a layered puzzle.
Life cycle of a tree frog
The life cycle of a tree frog as a layered puzzle.
Next step: deepening knowlegde, following interests.
- Interests: Plants Vocabulary
- Skills: Concentration fine motor skills Hand-Eye-Coordination
- Type of Play: Jigsaw puzzle
- Sensitive Period: Sensitivity for Language
Telling stories with story-stones
How do I tell a good story? What do I need for it?