Activity For Kids:

Rainbow rice writing tray

This activity is another way of using rainbow rice, and it helps kids practice their pre-writing skills.

This activity is inspired by ideas from Rainbow rice writing tray.

This activity is great to teach your kids:

Cognitive activities is educational play and is vital for your toddler's cognitive development – that is, your child's ability to think, understand, communicate, make memories, imagine and work out what might happen next.

Fine motor skills involve movement of the smaller muscle groups in your child's hands, fingers, and wrists.

Developing fine motor skills will help your child to write and prepares her for school. But it will also help your children with everyday tasks like eating, and dressing themselves.

Literacy includes reading, writing, and speaking. It is the basis of any child’s learning.

Literacy skills can be taught from baby age with playful games and activities, and continues to be taught at school age where literacy instruction is more formal than just play.

Colour recognition activities helps children get to know the different colors and color blending and matching.

Sensory play is play that involves all the senses - taste, sound, sight, touch and smell. Sensory play is very beneficial to children. Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Sensory play is also very relaxing and rejuvenating to children.

Step 1

Print out the alphabet and number cards.

You can download the cards from MessyLittleMonster.com (see above for link).

Step 2

Pour rainbow rice in a small sensory bin

Step 3

Add the cards and paint brushes to the bin

Step 4

Show your kids how to play by copying the cards in the rice

Kids love this sensory experience so much that they will be begging to do some handwriting practice
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