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Life Skills: Pouring

Materials used for our pouring activity:

1. small pitcher filled with water 1/2 or 3/4 full depending on how strong your kid is — it gets heavy
2. clear glass cup/mug
3. non-clear glass cup/mug (I used the cups from his toy tea set)
4. food coloring (optional)
5. spoon for stirring
6. tray to catch the spills

Caleb stirring the blue food dye into the water.

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Caleb practiced pouring water into the clear glass first.
We started with so this so he could see how much water was going into the glass.

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I let him pour water into the plastic cups after he was able to pour water that didn’t overflow. He still spilled some, but no worries. He had fun and learned at the same time ๐Ÿ™‚ This activity consumed 15-20 minutes.

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Matching Activity

Caleb matching party food picks.
They came in pairs and were just the right size.
I just cut off the sharp end of the tootpicks and they became instant matching manipulatives ๐Ÿ™‚

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Barrel of Monkeys

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Homeschooling doesn’t have to be expensive. You just have to be creative with some of the things that you already have at home. But ofcourse, a “little” shopping didn’t hurt anyone! Just the husband’s wallet…hahaha!

I let Caleb use the barrel of monkeys for sorting. Then, we counted the monkeys after ๐Ÿ™‚

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