Lumpy had seen a marble run getting made and wanted to try and make one.
So we collected inside of toilet rolls and wrapping paper. Some sticky tape and marbles.
It took a few adjustments to get the marbles to go along the run (had a few fly off the first couple attempts, had them get stuck on a few more).
Eventually we problem solved how to get a smooth run and she played with it for ages... We will get out of out PJ's sometime today ;)
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| Placing the correct number of buttons on each card - helps with counting and fine motor picking and placing the buttons |
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| Making a fish, has everything she needs (except the stapler for the tail) |
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| Place the pegs with the matching colour on the paint card in the same pattern/on the pen line. |
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| Very simple find a word puzzle (plenty of websites let you create your own - including size and words |
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| Making butterflies! there are 2 paper plates, 2 pipe cleaners and plenty os sequins and other sparky things to glue on. |
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| All ready to start |
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| Counting out the number of dots so she can put the right number of pom poms. |
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| If the tongue is out, things are serious! she needed to use 2 hands a few times, often one hand would hold the pom pom while the other worked the peg. |
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| working on her "math" instruction 4 blue + 3 pink = 7 pom poms. |
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| After the number activity, we matched up the pom pom sizes. I will be doing this again, she really got frustrated with this activity when she started struggling to open and close the peg. |
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| Aquarium bridge, toad stools (ebay) and some glass stones (cheap store) |
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| the door (ebay) i painted pale purple (purple is sometimes Lumpy's fav colour) |
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| I also added a dolls house chair (ebay). I added a little glitter (fairy dust) to the bridge. |
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| This bag contained the items for making 2 chickens - paper plates , pre cut paper plates to make wings, feathers, goggly eyes, glue. Lumpy went to the craft supplies to get felt pens and items for beaks. She did need some adult supervision/help when she used a stapler (for the wings) |
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| This is the reused one from friday, I have added buttons also - different shades of the colour and she can pick if she uses the pom poms or the buttons or a mix of both to count the number required. |
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| This one we have actually had for a while - I attended a kindy program info night, where they discussed how previously we were "rope learning" so kids would know 1 2 3, however couldn't visualise understand 1 2 3 as things. I have on small slips of paper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and the then words and then dots . .. ... and so on. The cups have 1-9 on them, She will sort out so in each cup will be 3 slips of paper 1, one, and . . She does need assistance with this one - i can set her up on the kitchen table and be cooking and she will spell the words out to me, she recognises 1 2 3 and is happy to count the dots however the words are still a little tricky. |
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| This one is beading, there is some leather and some elastic as the thread and beads of different sizes and shapes which all have different sized holes for threading. |
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| Another threading one, this one with small wire (blunt) pieces (left overs from when i made beaded earrings) some bells and buttons - just working on fine motor skills still. |
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| She can dress the lady on the stick - goggly eyes, fabric off cuts (she will need to get the PVA glue for wood) and she will get the felt pens for hair and mouth. |
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| And this morning she worked on beading and making a bracelet and an anklet, it required going through my beads and getting more out! |
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| Not how i imagined them turning out, however they are her own work and interpretation on the simple instruction i left. |
