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| Reya @ Batu Caves Temple |
It has been quite a long break from updating Reya's activity here. Its year end and holiday mood is on yet we still continue with our activities and home schooling. Reya is showing tremendous progress in fine motor skills and co-ordinations. We continues to work on music (rhymes, drums, dance and singing), painting, colouring, writing and pretend-plays. We also reads lots of books together.
On and off i add on messy plays and its usually when i have more time for clean ups, that we will indulge in this kind of mess. Gloop is a kind of sensory play that helps in boosting child's creativity. If you had not played gloop with your child then this is a must try! It will be super duper fun filled moments/activity (yes for both of us ;~)
What will you need:
2 cups of corn starch
1 1/2 cup of water
food colouring ( i used green)
Just mix all the above in a container and let them to play. Make sure the child is wearing the dress that you don't mind to get dirty and mommy can join the play too while describing the textures; slimy, runny, gooier, hard and powdery.
Reya explored the texture and powdery feel of the corn starch before we add in the water and colour. She were pretty amaze to see how it turns out slimy and gooier after we add in water. As usual she continued to play on her own way while adding in more and more water.
Sensory plays promotes children to manipulate material and building up fine motor skills and co-ordination. Besides that it also build their self esteem and language.
Child Psychologist Dr Janine Spencer...
Giving children the freedom to play messily helps them develop their imagination and social skills. It boosts their confidence and helps them understand the world around them. That’s a small price to pay for a bit of mess.
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| Gloop in the making |
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| it is dry and powdery at first before mixing with water |
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| She is using both hands here |
Thank you for reading.
Cheers!
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