 A big thank you to everyone who participated in the YKOT Lego Challenge. It has been fun! Also a big oops from me as I forgot that I will be going on holidays next week {How could I forget, you ask? Well it has been a busy season here!}..... so I won't be able to run the fourth week of the Lego Challenge! I'm hoping to still post whilst I'm away but I won't be able to collate any photos and access my email. Keep reading because you can continue the Lego Challenge at home any time you want to! Let's see the fabulous and creative entries this week... inspired by books..  If your kids enjoyed the challenge and would like to keep building, download more free Lego Challenges here! You could play as a family and challenge each other or add a timer to make things more interesting! You could even use the challenges at a Lego-inspired birthday party!  FREE Lego Challenge Printable! Feel free to send through any photographs of you and your children building these Lego Challenges anytime! I would love to seen them ([email protected]). Thanks again to everyone who played along! Watch this space for more Lego-inspired activities!  
We love kinetic sand but even well loved toys get forgotten and unused. The simple solution is to set up an "invitation to play".... just a fancy way of saying "set up a few bits and bobs to play with the kinetic sand that your child may not have thought of". The beauty of setting up an "invitation to play" is to link things together you may have at home (or preschool) already into a theme. It takes just a few minutes to set up and for your child it is like you have presented them with a new toy. The opportunities for play seem inviting and new. The play is also "open ended" which is a fancy way of saying that there are endless combinations for your child to use the items they have been given. Here are "7 invitations to play" that I have set up with kinetic sand over the last few weeks. I like to surprise my kids and set it up for them whilst they are at school or having "quiet time" in their rooms. Others like to involve their kids in setting up a play scene. 
My favourite "invitation to play" is the "ice-cream" play. Mr 4 loves his "dinosaur" play. Miss 7 just likes the blue glass beads and decorating the sand. She also really likes those beach umbrellas. Which is your favourite "invitation to play kinetic sand"? What other scenes do you think your kids would enjoy? 
Don't forget to send your entries in for the Lego Challenge!! Can't wait to see what your kids create this week! You may also like these articles:
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About me...Hi, I'm Cindy ... an Occupational Therapist who enjoys working creatively with children. We work on client-centred principles of respect, connection, regulation before expectation, meeting sensory needs, active engagement and participation, Read more about me here. 
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