Happy Saturday Parents, Educators and Homeschooling Lovers
This is something I've made with my baby boy when he was almost 2 yrs old.
He have always loved playdough so I thought why not use that and prepare some fun and easy learning activities. And that's exactly what I've did.
Fine Motor Skills Development, Color Matching and Number Association all in one!
You just need:
playdough ( as many colors as you want or have)
a cookie cutter (he was into elephants back then so I used a cookie cutter elephant shape)
colored paper
For start, you need to make the playdough shapes. Let you kid alone in this or help him if he asks for your help. Let him to concentrate, to try and eventually to succes.
You can show your kids how it's done but then try to let them do the work. This is how they learn, by trying and trying. This is how they work on those fine motor skills.
Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves. - Maria Montessori.
We used 5 playdough colors but feel free to do this activity with how many do you want. You can start with only 2 or 3 colors if your toddler is still little or if they barely know the colors. I mean, you can try and see how it's best for you.
After that, put the colored paper on the table and start sorting the elephants (or whatever) by color.
Then do the number association, if they are ready to try this on. My kid was a number addict (he still is) so for us this wasn't a problem.
He did all by himself. But if your kid needs further explanations and counting learning resources, try give it to him.
Hopefully guys this is useful for you can implement it in your learning activities journal.
You can skipp the elephants if you don't have a cookie cutter. You can make squares, circles, balls, etc.
Thank you for reading!
And please, feel free to leave a comment if you have any other notes regarding this activity. I would love to hear those!
Love, Missdeli