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August 2nd 03, 09:52 PM
Flour Sifting
Spread newspaper on the floor, provide a bag
of flour, a scoop and a sifter. Let the child
scoop and sift (a turn handle is easier than a
squeeze handle but both work)
Manipulating small toys and objects
Legos, building with blocks, doing jigsaw puzzles,
playing with magnets
Stringing and lacing
Use shoelaces or lengths of yarn (with tape on the
end or a plastic needle). String macaroni, cereal,
buttons, spools, wooden beads. Let her make
necklaces, bracelets, etc.
Or get some lacing cards.
Weaving on a homemade loom works too - you
can make one out of a shoebox and let him try
the in and out pattern with yarn.
Egg Carton collections
Let your child sort buttons or beads or beans or
pebbles or shells or any small thing into the
individual egg compartments
Household tools
Have your child pick up cereal pieces with tweezers,
make a guitar out of a shoe box by stretching rubber
bands, hang napkins or doll clothes or paper towels
on a rope with clothespins, smash egg cartons with
a mallet or small hammer, pound golf tees or nails
into foam blocks
Office and classroom tools
Let your child cut with scissors, draw with crayons,
pencils and markers, paint with brushes (you can
use feathers, sticks, straws, eyedroppers, pine
needles, etc, to paint too),. Let him use a hole
puncher, squeeze glue to make a collage. Let her
use stamps and stamp pads to make designs,
lick stickers for a picture. Let them wrap boxes
with brown or decorative paper.
Playdough
Have him knead, shape, pinch, squeeze, pound
playdough (you can make your own from flour,
water, salt and food coloring). Roll snakes, form
balls, pound pancakes, cut out cookies. Use coins,
keys, paper clips, hair curlers, etc to make imprints.
Try blunt scissors, a rolling pin, a garlic press, an
egg slicer, etc.
Homemade cooked playdough recipe
Mix two cups flour, 4 tsps cream of tartar, two cups
water, 4 tblsps vegetable oil in a cooking pot.
Stir over low heat until dough comes away from the
side and makes a soft ball. Blend in a few drops of
food coloring or peppermint extract if you wish.
Let cool. Store in covered container.
Homemade uncooked playdough
2 cups flour
1 cup water
1 cup salt
food coloring (optional)
Let children, measure and mix the ingredients together.
If you want to use food coloring, squeeze a few drops
into the water.
You can add spices or extracts for a nice smell if you
wish. You can also add a bit of glitter for sparkles
--
Dorothy
There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
Outer Limits
Spread newspaper on the floor, provide a bag
of flour, a scoop and a sifter. Let the child
scoop and sift (a turn handle is easier than a
squeeze handle but both work)
Manipulating small toys and objects
Legos, building with blocks, doing jigsaw puzzles,
playing with magnets
Stringing and lacing
Use shoelaces or lengths of yarn (with tape on the
end or a plastic needle). String macaroni, cereal,
buttons, spools, wooden beads. Let her make
necklaces, bracelets, etc.
Or get some lacing cards.
Weaving on a homemade loom works too - you
can make one out of a shoebox and let him try
the in and out pattern with yarn.
Egg Carton collections
Let your child sort buttons or beads or beans or
pebbles or shells or any small thing into the
individual egg compartments
Household tools
Have your child pick up cereal pieces with tweezers,
make a guitar out of a shoe box by stretching rubber
bands, hang napkins or doll clothes or paper towels
on a rope with clothespins, smash egg cartons with
a mallet or small hammer, pound golf tees or nails
into foam blocks
Office and classroom tools
Let your child cut with scissors, draw with crayons,
pencils and markers, paint with brushes (you can
use feathers, sticks, straws, eyedroppers, pine
needles, etc, to paint too),. Let him use a hole
puncher, squeeze glue to make a collage. Let her
use stamps and stamp pads to make designs,
lick stickers for a picture. Let them wrap boxes
with brown or decorative paper.
Playdough
Have him knead, shape, pinch, squeeze, pound
playdough (you can make your own from flour,
water, salt and food coloring). Roll snakes, form
balls, pound pancakes, cut out cookies. Use coins,
keys, paper clips, hair curlers, etc to make imprints.
Try blunt scissors, a rolling pin, a garlic press, an
egg slicer, etc.
Homemade cooked playdough recipe
Mix two cups flour, 4 tsps cream of tartar, two cups
water, 4 tblsps vegetable oil in a cooking pot.
Stir over low heat until dough comes away from the
side and makes a soft ball. Blend in a few drops of
food coloring or peppermint extract if you wish.
Let cool. Store in covered container.
Homemade uncooked playdough
2 cups flour
1 cup water
1 cup salt
food coloring (optional)
Let children, measure and mix the ingredients together.
If you want to use food coloring, squeeze a few drops
into the water.
You can add spices or extracts for a nice smell if you
wish. You can also add a bit of glitter for sparkles
--
Dorothy
There is no sound, no cry in all the world
that can be heard unless someone listens ..
Outer Limits