 Felties Compendium Travel Set contains over 300 pre-cut shapes of felt in an assortment of colours. Googly eyes are included too! The travel set has a neat sturdy case that folds up to store these shapes, perfect as the name suggests for taking with you. A great size to pop into a handbag or therapy bag.  Kids will love making pictures with these felt pieces! They may copy a small booklet of designs or make up their own. The case is long enough for 2 children to play with this together. There are certainly enough shapes to be shared. Put away the scissors as you will not need to cut out any extra shapes! This is a great therapy tool to take along to therapy sessions. The Felties Compendium Travel Set allows you to work on colour, shapes and visual-motor skills. Can your child copy a pattern? Can they identify a sequence to complete the picture? Can they scan the vast number of shapes to find the ones needed? Can they colour match? Can they use directional language (eg. next to, in front, behind, on top, below, etc)? The Felties Compendium Travel Set may also be used for story telling and pretend play. A scene may be built with characters introduced and objects made as a story unfolds. Whilst Mr 4 and Miss 7 enjoy playing with this at home, I have added it to my therapy bag. It is compact and there is such a range of skills that can be worked on using these shapes! The Felties Compendium Travel Set is available from Finlee and Me in a choice of 2 colours. Have your kids played with felt shapes before?  Note: I received no remuneration for this post. I was gifted the Felties Compendium Travel Set by Finlee and Me. All comments, opinions and photographs are my own. You may also enjoy reading these articles:
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This is a fun extension activity for those who love paper planes. It is perfect for indoors when the outdoors just aren't so inviting or a perfect way to spend the school holidays! If your child doesn't enjoy planes maybe you could scrunch up newspaper to throw or throw something light like pom poms at the target? Do you think your kids will like this target? Don't forget to "pin it" for the next rainy day! 
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I have to start with some games that I have featured previously at Your Kids OT. Did you read about these games? And here are some more by other clever people on the web... Here are the previous Freebie Fridays in case you missed them!
These printable games will keep your kids busy during the school holidays! Stay safe if you are travelling! What is your favourite website for freebie printables? Let me know! 
Hours of Lego fun here! Which is your favourite? Enjoy your weekend!   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:
 YKOT Lego Challenge #2 Here is how it will work: Each Friday for the next 3 weeks, I will select a "Lego Challenge". Encourage your children to build this during the week and take a photograph. Send in the photograph with a brief description {eg. George, age 6, hovercraft or if you prefer Mr 6, hovercraft} by Thursday 5pm (Sydney time). I will collate the photographs so your child can see their own creation and have a look at what others have made too. Rules:
This week's challenge is... build a bridge.  Use the comments below to encourage our young Lego builders! I love how you can see a little of each child's personality in their creations. I'm looking forward to seeing your Lego creations this week! Don't forget to come back next week to see a photo of your creation and what others have made. Did your kids have fun with the first challenge? 
Buying a few base boards was a great way to encourage my kids with the imagination part of playing with Lego. Here is another way .... the YKOT Lego Challenge!! Before I go into the details, I have to let you know that I was inspired to do this after reading about LEGO quest (found on Pinterest). In 2010, a series of quests were given where readers would build and photograph their achievements. I wish we could have been a part of this quest but my kids would have been too young. So here it is.... YKOT Lego Challenge! Here is how it will work: Each Friday for the next 4 weeks, I will select a "Lego Challenge". Encourage your children to build this during the week and take a photograph. Send in the photograph with a brief description {eg. George, age 6, hovercraft or if you prefer Mr 6, hovercraft} by Thursday 5pm (Sydney time). I will collate the photographs so your child can see their own creation and have a look at what others have made too. Rules:
This week's challenge is... build with 50 bricks. This can be any bricks that you select.   I'm so excited to see what your kids will create! Are you {and your kids} up for the challenge? The Lego challenge? 
Mr 4 and Miss 7 love playing with this homemade light box. We used things we could find around the house (glass beads, checker pieces and straws). Mr 4 added his cars on a later play. We also made some cellophane shapes by cutting out holes in black paper and placing different coloured cellophane onto these. Our box has ridges in the lid which is not ideal as it is not a flat surface. If you are looking for a box to use, I think you will get an even broader range of play without the ridges. The set-up is so easy that the kids can turn on the lights themselves and find various objects suitable for the top.  There is something about playing in the dark that kids enjoy. Try this out quickly before Winter ends and daylight saving begins! Do your kids love playing in the dark?  Looking for more easy homemade ideas? Try these...
Looking for some "inside" games for these school holidays? Here are two that are simple to make, set up and play at home. Click on the title or photo for the full articles. Let me know if you try these ideas out!  |
AuthorHi, I'm Cindy and I am an Occupational Therapist. I enjoy working creatively with children to see them reach their potential. Read more about me here. 
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