Our next book, was one that I was familiar with but there were lots of activities to do with this book that I decided to use it. For our craft we made coconut trees. I had rolled up newspaper and had asked the children to cut strips down. This actually proved too difucult as the kids were trying to cut the whole roll. So instead I had them tear the paper. (great fine motor activitiy!!) From there, we added letters. Each child was encouraged to find letters of their own name too. We also played alphabet bingo and letter games during circle time.
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Preschool is filled with all kinds of fine motor activities but I have been trying to put out at least one specific activity that is unusual and works those little muscles. This one turned into a lot of fun. I started with a colander, pipe cleaners and feathers. The idea was to poke the feathers and pipe cleaners into the hole in the colander. But as often happens, the idea took on a mind of its own. As everyone was busy poking things in the holes, I was busy thinking about what else we could use. I remembered these sticks I had and they were the perfect addition to our sculpture. And then I thought of the foam pieces with holes in them. (I often use them for patterns and counting and we put them on pipe cleaners.) They were perfect to add to the sticks! We even got some patterns!! Ta da!!! We talked about what this looked like….a spooky forest, a silly hat (but not a very warm one I was told!!), a jungle…. Everyone was cooperative, engaged and excited. Something so simple, yet so much fun!
![]() I love finding new ways to strengthen little finger muscles. Hammering is great exercise and lots of fun. In our "Santa's Workshop" this year I had "plastic" styrofoam (regular styrofoam works too but you must be prepared for a large mess!), small nails and kid size hammers. I was very impressed with all the ideas that the class came up with in their building...very creative! ![]() Make a tree. Put pieces in order from smallest to largest. To reinforce the skill, we worked together to put the class in order from smallest to largest. We then did the same with cubes of various lengths. |
Miss DawnI teach preschool in my home to 3 and 4 year olds. It's a wonderful adventure filled with lots of laughter and learning. Archives
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