This week I was invited to be a guest host for #festiveseasonplayideas @festiveseasonplayideas , which has given me so many wonderful holiday activity ideas. One of those happens to be a themed invitation to play tray, which although new to me, seemed both valuable and fun. B loved that I allowed her to mix Play-Doh colors and seemed to enjoy experimenting with items that I had never included in her…
It took me a minute to form the pipe cleaner people, which B lovingly named “the dancing children,” but it was a neat idea borrowed from @keep.kids.busy. Aside from matching, it worked on language and visual-spatial skills, much like a puzzle would. Turn, flip, slide, and lay your pipe cleaner people flat. To adapt this for younger children, use colored markers instead of black marker…
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…