Poke holes in thick cardboard with a tack- only under your supervision. This is good for finger and hand muscles.
Writing tray; Put a layer of rice or cornmeal in a cookie sheet.Draw in it using your finger for the pencil Good for spelling practice or picture-drawing or practicing A B C's.
I'm going to write all these down on index cards. Thanks. Feel free to share some more ideas for younger ones too :)
ReplyDeleteWould that rice still be good to use for food? Or should rice used for finger play like this be treated as "non food" thereafter (I use rice and beans for my son to play with -- but so far have stored them/thrown them in the trash when done. I wonder if I'm being too paranoid/prolifigate with money and food?)
ReplyDeleteYes, you could still use it for food. Just rinse well before boiling (you probably don't even need to do that, since both foods must be *boiled* to be cooked.
ReplyDeleteOh! Brilliant, tacks in cardboard. Will be doing this. Then we will try with stencils and do crayons rubbings.
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