One thing Amita really wants to be able to do is write her letters. Any time she colors she really tries to make out the shapes of each letter.
One of the first thing she needs to work on before she can write is her fine motor skills. This means practicing with lots of little "things". One of the things we do is have her put little tiny stickers on paper, another is lacing her cutouts (another post on this to follow). The one I concentrated on today with Amita was lacing beads. Ashima was grief-stricken that she was not also allowed to play with the beads, but alas, she will just swallow them. Instead, she played with blocks and ate blueberries! She also played with her water coloring book.
Steps to the bracelet-making lesson:
Apparently this lesson will make the the kids super smart!
Intrigued by the idea of a water coloring book? I really like them - no mess and it lets kids work on their writing skills! They are available here: http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Water-Coloring-Book/dp/B009B7F6DO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391820651&sr=8-2&keywords=water+color+books
One of the first thing she needs to work on before she can write is her fine motor skills. This means practicing with lots of little "things". One of the things we do is have her put little tiny stickers on paper, another is lacing her cutouts (another post on this to follow). The one I concentrated on today with Amita was lacing beads. Ashima was grief-stricken that she was not also allowed to play with the beads, but alas, she will just swallow them. Instead, she played with blocks and ate blueberries! She also played with her water coloring book.
Steps to the bracelet-making lesson:
- Put the beads out and talk about each color.
- Go over the letters on the beads that have letters.
- Show an example of a bracelet so Amita knows what it is she's making.
- Help her figure out how to begin beading.
- Let her go to town with the beads.
- Put it on her hand and celebrate! Also, talk about how beautiful and wonderful it is and how I have never seen a bracelet better than Amita's.
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| The alphabet beads I used |
The finished Product:
Skills: letter recognition, color recognition, and fine motor skills.
Skills: letter recognition, color recognition, and fine motor skills.
Strangely enough, as I was getting the activity ready for the girls (while they were napping) I saw a friend posted this link on Facebook (yes, Lindsay, this means you):
Apparently this lesson will make the the kids super smart!
Intrigued by the idea of a water coloring book? I really like them - no mess and it lets kids work on their writing skills! They are available here: http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Water-Coloring-Book/dp/B009B7F6DO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391820651&sr=8-2&keywords=water+color+books
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