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Tongs for Fine Motor Skills

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Materials that we used for this activity:
1. recycled fruit cups
2. large tray
3. ice tongs (these were smaller and could easily fit Caleb’s hands)
4. pompoms 

Caleb used the tongs to put the pompoms into individual cups.

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Caleb tried to use his left hand.
He’s pretty much right-handed but occasionally, he likes to use his left hand too. 

Packing away the pompoms using the tongs.
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I guess he got tired, so I let him “pour” the pompoms into the bag instead. Way to go! Practice for pouring 🙂 This activity was good practice for fine motor skills and it was fun as well!

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Body Tracing

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I bought wall decals for Caleb’s room.
I couldn’t bring myself to throw away the paper backing without using it!
Recycle, reuse and reduce 🙂
Big pieces of paper = body tracing!

I used a pencil to trace Caleb’s body onto the paper.

He’s tracing the lines and drawing on his face and hands in these pictures.

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When Caleb got tired drawing, I gave him parts of the face to stick onto the head.
This was a wonderful review for body parts! I just drew the eyes, eyebrows, ears, and nose on sticker paper using a Sharpie.
For the mouth and heart, I used red paper and put double-sided tape on the back. I made the mouth U-shape so Caleb could put whether he was happy or sad. This was a great way to check on feelings. I’m glad to know that he felt happy 🙂

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Caleb drew hair on himself.
This was a fun practice for drawing lines!
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He stickered his feet for shoes 🙂
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Traced his name onto the paper.
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He wanted to paint his face like a dog before taking a picture with the final product. He’s supposed to be Blue in Blues Clues.

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Tada!
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Posted in All Kid Activities, Math Activities

Ribbon Scraps

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Do you like to keep ribbons from presents that you’ve received? I have a whole tin box full of ribbons that I cannot bear to throw away.
The ribbons just keep on coming and I already have a hard time keeping the box lid on. So I thought of this activity to put those ribbons to good use 🙂

Cut up some ribbons and used them for a matching/sorting activity.

Here are some pictures of Caleb at work.

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