Hello readers , On rainy days our children seem to be a lot less engaged and more bored than on days where they can access the outdoors. Children love to get their hands dirty and explore messy play keeping them focused and engaged. Messy play takes our children on a journey through theie experiances and preferences, developing childrens experiances in the world as they begin to understand textures and smells. Childrens imagination can be developed through messy play and messy play develops childrens concentration span levels. Another benefit of messy play is childrens communication skills are developing. Here are some quick and easy messy play ideas for the family ; 1. Gloop play. Gloop is realy quick and simple to make. Find an old tray or bowl and add 2 cups of cornflour . Slowly add 1 cup of water and mix until the cornflour soaks up the water. Give your children spoons or utensils to play in the cornflour with or let them get stuck in with their hands. Children can be creative as