Okay, I'll be the first to admit it. It looks ghetto! It IS a bit ghetto! But it's a great tool to work on spatial awareness and fine motor skills. You just let your child practice putting clothespins into the spout of the bottle. It took Presley a few times to get it but now she can easily get it every time. To make it is simple. Cut a square opening in a clean 2L bottle so that it's easy to retrieve the clothespins afterwards. Cover the opening with some kind of tape so that the edges aren't sharp. Decorate the bottle (if you want...I hot glue gunned felt shapes). Samara likes playing with this too (for her, I challenge her to count the pins as they go in).
Water!
I've posted about this before but it's such a good sensory activity that is so simple to do. You don't need a fancy water table. Just empty the sink of dishes (or not!), add water and different sized containers. Whenever we're having one of "those" days, it's an excellent distraction from whatever is making the mood cranky. To switch it up, add bubbles and/or a few drops of food colouring for fun coloured water.Q-tip Art
I found this idea on Pinterest. Instead of using a paintbrush or fingers as the vehicle for paint, you let your child use a q-tip for a different effect. My picture on the left shows the desired result. Sammy wasn't too interested in the dots but loves painting so much that she doesn't seem to care what she uses to get paint on the paper! We'll definitely try this again.Pots and Pans
What kid doesn't love making noise on pots and pans?! Pick a day where you don't have a headache and aren't easily annoyed and let them at it! The girls love doing this. I tried to get a great picture of Presley in action but she was more interested in why the crazy lady was standing on the counter, trying to get a picture. As an extra learning opportunity, use the pots/pans and corresponding lids as a puzzle and get them to match them up. Good cleaning up skills too!Do you have any fun learning activities to suggest? What do your kids love doing?
5 comments:
Grace loves banging on pots and pans! We'll have to try the clothespin drop too!
No wonder your children are brilliant! I'm taking notes... H love pots and pants, and the tupperware drawer!
Great ideas. We just finished making a huge pipe cleaner mess. And by huge, I mean enormous!
another round of great ideas. We are pulling fabric out of cottage cheese containers here! woo hoo! Keep them coming.
Fear not Mom Picasso painted his own way too!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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