The end of lockdown appears to the nearing and our new normal is just around the corner. These four quick and simple tuff tray play ideas have kept my toddler busy this week.
All it takes is some recycling and a chalk pen!
Number Matching Game
1,2,3 are the most used words out house whilst Ace counts everything in sight. I simply jotted down numbers on his tuff tray with chalk pen and letting him match it up with either flash cards or homemade number cards. Absolute winner in our house and keeps him occupied for 5 minutes at least
Shape Matching
You can also do this for shapes! Follow the same idea as for numbers, but you can add in some wooden shapes from a shape sorter too.
Highway Tuff Tray Play
I’ve been meaning to pick up some ‘road’ tape before now, but it turns out a chalk pen does the trick! I created simple load and unload activities and it kept him engaged all day long!!
Colour Matching
I can’t get enough of pom poms right now and this task is another one which is perfect for them.
Organising four colours into four corners and set up a tool to scoop the pom poms out. A bit of colour matching can be added in with rainbow pieces or coloured scoops!
More Tuff Tray Play Ideas
I’ve saved all the previous play ideas that have saved my patience during lockdown onto highlights of my Instagram page, or you can find them here too.
I hope they’ve been helpful. I know sometimes I just need a nudge in the right direction to an activity which will suit my little one, so I hope these simple ideas have done that for you.
What are your favourite tuff tray play activities?
Sian x
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