Busy Exploring | Four Busy Bags

As little ones grow up there are so many new and exciting things to investigate and learn about. We believe children learn best when their senses are engaged – it encourages them to play, create and explore. In this bundle our four busy bags cover shapes, colours, numbers and the world around us, as well as developing fine motor skills.

This bundle is suitable for little ones from 4+. As all children develop in their own time, this is a guideline and may vary with your child.

Bag 1: Pinch a pompom

Squeezing, pinching, picking, sorting, counting and colour matching! There’s endless fun to be had with this engaging My Busy Bots bag. While your little one is strengthening their fine motor skills with their tweezers, they will also be either sorting colours or counting out pompoms.

Contents:

• An A6 Information card with instructions, ideas to extend the activity and list of skills being developed
• 6 Different coloured silicone cups
• 1 Set of tweezers
• 24 Pompoms in different colours and sizes
• 6 Laminated number discs
• 1 Brightly coloured storage bag

Your little monsters will love this My Busy Bots bag! As they count to the number on the card they need to place the same number of googly eyes to wake their sleeping monster up. Number recognition and counting skills are explored in this activity, as well as the development of fine motor skills.

Contents:

• An A6 information card with instructions, ideas to extend the activity and list of skills being developed
• 10 Laminated A6 counting activity cards, numbers 1-10
• 55 Different sized googly eyes
• 1 Brightly coloured storage bag

Bag 3: Taking Shape

All children are drawn to brightly coloured things, they love to touch, hold and experience their learning first-hand. In this My Busy Bots bag, little ones use fun coloured shape blocks to explore different shapes and colours. As they match the shapes to the pictures, rockets zoom to the moon, crocodiles go snap and fish begin to swim in the sea!

Contents:

• An A6 information card with instructions and ideas to extend the activity and list of skills being developed
• 8 Laminated A6 activity cards
• Translucent coloured shape blocks
• 1 Brightly coloured storage bag

Bag 4: When I grow up NEW

Every little one dreams of what they will be when they are big… a fire fighter, a police officer, a race car driver? Our world is full of many interesting jobs. It is also important that we teach our children to value and appreciate all of them and understand how they contribute to the community. This My Busy Bots bag takes a look at some key roles and helps them discover a bit more about them. Two fantastic activities to enjoy together, opening up lots of conversation about some roles people play in the community! 

Contents:

• An A6 information card with instructions and ideas to extend the activities and list of skills being developed
• 8 Laminated A6 activity cards
• 32 Coloured cards (42 x 42mm)
• 27 Perforated cards (49 x 35mm)
• 1 Brightly coloured storage bag

Skills being developed:

• Fine motor skills:
  • Thumb opposition; pincer grip; in-hand manipulation; pre-writing skills; hand strength; pencil grip; pincer grip; tripod grasp; open thumb web space; hand strength; hand eye coordination and control; hand dominance; grasp and release; improved dexterity; sensory exploration; spatial relationships; bilateral hand coordination.
• Visual perception skills: 
  • Visual tracking and scanning; motor planning; visual figure ground; visual discrimination; visual motor integration; visual discrimination; visual spatial relations; visual closure; visual figure ground.
• Cognitive skills: 
  • Sorting and organisation; problem solving; concentration; reinforce language and vocabulary; counting; number recognition; colour recognition; matching; letter recognition; copying; following patterns; counting; number recognition.
• Life skills: 
  • Colour recognition and matching; patience and perseverance; creativity; use of tweezers; early writing skills; early reading skills.

* Bag colour and content colours may vary