Messy play: Tutty fruity at Open House, Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Did you know, messy play - in addition to being fun and interesting for babies and young children, encourage children to explore and investigate?

Other reasons messy play or sensory play is beneficial for children include helping children to build nerve connections in the brain. It encourages the development of motor skills.

Generally, sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your young child's senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes as they play, create, investigate and explore.

'Messy Play' can help children in many ways, to calm down, express their feelings, experiment with different materials, learn about textures and learn hand-eye coordination or to practice drawing, measuring and mixing skills.

Little Caliph Pearl City & Jawi Sports Day and Anniversary Carnival

Little Caliph Pearl City and Little Caliph Jawi (also known as Tadika As Saadah) Sports Day was more like a carnival, held in conjunction with Tadika As Saadah’s 5th anniversary.

Mummy woke up early in the morning, very excited to attend Balqis’ very first Sports Day. Balqis was also excited and looking forward to her Sports Day. She had been practising the Robocar Poli dance, which the kids were supposed to perform during the opening ceremony.

She would ask Mummy every day after school if tomorrow was Sports Day.

When she woke up and got ready, she was still very excited. We had breakfast first before going to the event venue. We reached the Sports Day venue, registered, and went to wait under the tent.