Prep Time; 5 Minutes
You’ll Need; shallow tray or container, Rice, smaller containers or stacking cups

We used an Ikea Trofast tray because we find them the perfect size for this kind of activity but any shallow tray will work just as well.

Pour enough rice into the tray to create a layer that’s deep enough for scooping, pouring and exploring.
Place in the other smaller containers or stacking cups and then fill the cups with the rice and pour from one to the other.

We really enjoyed pouring the rice from one cup to another and listening to the different sounds it made depending on if you poured it quickly or slowly. He also really enjoyed having his hands buried under the rice, and feeling it drop on to his hands from above.

At first he wasn’t keen to touch the rice, so using the containers to pour it from one to another gave him a no pressure approach way to explore it.
By the end of the activity he was happily playing in the rice for quite awhile, despite being unsure about touching it at the start.

Id make sure to not pour it from too high though otherwise it may jump out and end up everywhere.

Lou. x