Story Time: “Spoon”
Here is a lovely reading of “Spoon” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a story that celebrates our talents and encourages us to feel good about ourselves and the things that we do!
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Spoon Puppets
What an ingenious way to learn about emotions: home-made spoon puppets! Can you name these feelings? Is the spoon sad, angry, scared, surprised?
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Spoon Play with Babies
Peek-a-boo! Playing with spoons can provide our curious little beans with rich experiences that contribute to their development. Here’s a few examples of how babies might enjoy playing with spoons!
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Spoon Patterns
Opportunities for play and learning are all around us.. even in your cutlery drawer! Organising and sorting a collection, noticing differences and similarities and making patterns.. what a great introduction to a few mathematical concepts!
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Spoons: Baby Sensory Exploration
Here’s a fun baby play idea – explore “same” and “different”, different textures.. or noises different spoons make, or even different temperatures that spoons have (you could use a cup of cold water and a lukewarm one for this). Have fun!
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Spoon Race
Fruit and spoon races require a lot of concentration and balance from these little hands. By providing a range of different sized fruits and spoons, you can turn these “races” into a really fun, rewarding activity!
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Spoons: Scooping Transferring and Pouring
Let’s practice hand-eye coordination, concentration and balance by scooping, trasferring and pouring. In this video, we are using rice, but you could use lentils, pasta or even small toys. Get creative!
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Spoons: Exploring size, texture, materials
It all started with a spoon.. In this video we explore the importance of some day-to-day objects that live in our kitchens and the learning opportunities that come when they become fanastic toys for babies or toddlers.
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Spoon Action Song
A little sing along with our colleague and her lovely kitten 😸! She’s pouring, banging and balancing with her spoon!
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