Construction play

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Are you following us on Pinterest? Here is a fun construction building invitation to play that I set out to occupy my toddler (currently aged 2.5). The main components for this easy set-up activity are simply playdough and blocks. Making the playdough a grey colour to simulate concrete and providing a couple of little construction tools all added to the scene but aren't necessary to still have a fun and creative activity for kids of all ages. My kids loved this little bricklaying activity…

Oobleck is a mixture of cornflour and water that can act as both a solid and a liquid when combined together. It’s a great sensory base and we're going to teach you how to make a version that looks like concrete for a small world construction site. It's an easy process and kids love it!

Create a fun construction site invitation to play for preschoolers, kindergarteners and even bigger kids. Adding construction site vehicles to oobleck makes an amazing sensory and pretend play activity for any truck fan. Oobleck construction site sensory play Mandisa from Happy Toddler Playtime joins us today with a gloriously messy sensory play idea […]

I love using sensory bins with preschoolers because it’s such a motivating way to develop fine motor skills through play! This construction truck themed sensory bin was a big hit with our preschool co-op this past week. The kids used little trucks to lift and load up beans, and we used cardboard to create some […]

Make the best playdough for your construction theme sensory activities and learning centers. Find directions to make brown, gray, and dirty playdough with many fun mix-in ideas to add interesting

This dirt play dough recipe is perfect for construction themed sensory play! My preschoolers have been loving it. Make some simple laminated play dough mats with roads and kids will have a blast bulldozing the roads and pretending to build! Give your play dough real grit by adding clean play sand. I didn’t want to …

This post may contain affiliate links which keeps this blog going but does not add any cost to you Objective: Creating centers to enhance learning Skill Development: Dramatic Play Minimum Age: Toddler Messiness: Low Materials…

I loved putting together the Farm Small World for F a few weeks ago, and this construction site sensory play was lots of fun too! The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! To prepare this sensory activity I got out a boot/plant tray and added coarse sand, rocks, and old grains from the pantry (amaranth, bulghar wheat). Then I added a variety of construction site vehicles…