Hello there, Yes get familiar with his likes and dislikes for the first few days. You will soon be over run with ideas and activities you would like to try. Some ideas Sensory bottles always go down great!! You could have a go at making them with the older children you have during other days and then let him explore them once they are made and secured. I keep a stash of jar tops aswel all different sizes and colours and keep them in a container. Something so so simple but the children LOVE exploring, emptying them, filling containers up with them and evening mastering the popping noise they make when you press them down in the centre. I have a colourful box filled with ribbons and fabrics with different textures - goes down well with all ages again. Make some edible finger paints and let him do some Mark making
Spaghetti play Bubbles Musical instruments Use a shallow tray and fill with a small amount of water - you could place some plastic shapes, characters etc in there for him to fish out. One activity to consider too which will go down well is filling a large container with cereals (obviously check there is no allergies and so on) I have a large sand tray which I brought from Argos that I always use for edible activities. I fill the sections with corn flakes, rice crispies, coco pops and the children explore, fill containers, love the crunching and eating! Can get abit messy but it stimulates all the senses and keep them occupied. Play some music for the little one too - who doesn't like music
I could go on and on all day. Just a little thought too - Velentine Day is approaching - do a painting/card etc for his parents/carers
Hope that helps a little
Good Luck and have fun
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