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Daily Archives: November 17, 2020

GIVE A CHILD A PAIR OF SCISSORS ✂️ AND THEY’LL ASK WHAT THEY CAN CUT

In case anyone was wondering what we did with the extra pieces of tissue paper from our snowflake ❄️ activity earlier today (see previous post), here it is. ✂️ Use what you have and try never to miss a learning opportunity. Cutting through different textures and thicknesses gives kids a whole lot of fine motor skills practice while exploring and having fun. If you have leftover scraps laying around, you may just…

MAKING WINTER SNOWFLAKES ❄️ WITH TISSUE PAPER TO STRENGTHEN FINE MOTOR SKILLS AND LEARN TO USE “JUST A DROP” OF GLUE

I know you all know exactly what I’m talking about. You give a preschooler a bottle of glue and if you don’t watch them VERY carefully, there will soon be glue EVERYWHERE (and not necessary where you had hoped). Teaching your child HOW to use glue is actually a “thing” and you should thank an early childhood teacher if your little one does a great job with it…