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Project 1: Color Matching with a Paper Clip Bank
(Note: This project is only for children who no longer put small objects in
their mouth.)
Small cardboard box with lid (such as a gift box)
Colored paper clips
Knife
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Glue a paper clip of each color to the top of the cardboard box. Beside
each color, slash a small slit, big enough for a paper clip to fit through. Place
this box and the box of paper clips on a tray.
Your child’s job is to take the paper clips, one by one, and put them
through the slit next to the clip with the matching color. This activity
increases his awareness of color as well as improves his dexterity.
Project 2: Nesting Measuring Cups
Measuring cups
Place a set of measuring cups on a tray and encourage your learner to
take them apart and replace them in the right order so that they nest into
each other. This activity teaches an awareness of sizes.
Project 3: Spooning
Two small bowls
One small spoon
Rice
Place two bowls next to each other. Put rice in the bowl on the left. The
child’s job is simply to spoon all the rice from the bowl on the left to the
one on the right. Going from left to right prepares him for eventually read-
ing from left to right.
Spooning so that no (or very little) rice spills encourages your child’s
ability to be careful and precise.
Project 4: Drawing on Stone
Smooth, flat rock about the size of a small hand
Paintbrush
Small container with water
Put the rock, paintbrush, and small container of water on a tray.
The temporary nature of painting with water on rock encourages
experimentation with creative drawing skills.