I really enjoy coming up with interesting ways to teach Hannah and have fun. She loves to play, so this activity was a great combination. I originally saw this idea on
Peaceful Parenting and thought it would be easy to put together. All you need are mini pom pom balls and a Parmesan cheese shaker (which I pilfered from Andrew's mom when we were out visiting). Its a terrific fine motor skill activity already but I extended it by asking Hannah to put in various colors and amounts. For example, I started by asking her to put in some purple pom poms, and then after awhile I asked for specific amounts; 2 orange or 3 blue. She knows her colors fairly well but seems to confuse blue and green often. The numbers were quite a bit trickier for her and she would turn around and ask me to do it for her.
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Such concentration. |
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Pushing in an orange. |
We were still playing when Daddy got home from work and Hannah was very excited to show him how to push the pom poms into the holes.
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