Watch dinosaurs being born - play with real egg shells

This was really good fun, and something a little different.

I collected eggshells over a week from baking cakes...

and put some tiny toy dinosaurs inside the two halves.

And out they (violently) came...and then they boys had great fun crushing and pounding the shells 

with the toy dinosaurs.

Shhh, here are 3 eggs almost ready to hatch!

We used the crushed egg shells to make shakers by cutting sleeves off old shirts

and tieing the ends with elastic bands.

They loved to shake them..such a nice sound and then crush them some more through the material.

Very sensorial!

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Sensorial Sound Jar Game

This is a fun activity for all ages.

It is based on something I saw in a Montessori catalogue

but we managed to make some prettier ones for free.

You need some old glass baby food jars/jam jars/yoghurt pots

Place different objects in jars in pairs.

We used rice, beans, nails, coins, and  marbles.

Tape around the lid and decorate with tissue paper and glue.

Make sure you cover the bottom too!

Then choose a jar and try to find the corresponding sound.

SNAP!

Makes a nice change to the visual games that dominate our area.

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