Mumma, look at these cute pom poms!
Hey Mumma, I love playing with pom poms! They are soft, bright, and great for learning. Allow me to share five enjoyable games that involve pom poms that will assist my growth and education. Remember to keep a close eye on me to keep me safe.
Poking Fun
Activity: Let's put pom poms through the opening of a milk or juice box that isn't being used. Make a flap at the bottom so they're easy to take off and play again!
Skills Developed: This helps me learn how things work and coordinate my hands and eyes.
Tweezing Time
Setup: Please give me tweezers so I can move the pom poms from one bin to another. I can use my fingers instead of tweezers if I'm not ready for them.
Benefits for Learning: This helps me focus, have better fine motor skills, and coordinate my hands and eyes better.
Hidden Treasures
Game: Let's put pom poms and other things in a box and play a game. I can use words to describe texture or shape to reach in and find things.
Cognitive Growth: This helps me learn to tell the difference between forms and textures, and it also helps me learn new words.
Colorful Sorting
Activity Idea: To sort pom poms by color, size, or type, we can use a muffin tin or an egg box.
Educational Value: This helps me learn basic math skills like sorting and organizing, and it also helps me recognize colors and sizes.
Sticky Situation
Creative Play: Putting pom poms on clear contact paper with the sticky side looking out would be fun. It can be put on walls, windows, tables, or chairs.
Skill Building: This helps me be more creative, improve my small motor skills, and explore my senses.
Why These Things Are Important
Not only is playing with pom poms fun, but it also helps me hit important developmental blocks. As I learn and grow, these tasks can be changed to fit my needs. They're great for me because: Participating in these easy but educational pom pom tasks can make a big difference in my growth. They are fun ways to learn new things, like how to solve puzzles or be more precise with your fine motor skills. Plus, these tasks are easy to change to fit my interests and skills as they grow.
How to Have the Most Fun and Learn the Most:
Be Present: Join me in the fun to make these things more interesting, and help me when I need it.
Get People to Explore: "Let me run the show." If I come up with new ways to play with the pom poms, praise my imagination.
Talk About It: Tell me what we're doing and ask me questions to improve my language skills and understanding.
Playing with pom poms is a great way to have fun and learn new things. You're not only keeping me entertained by adding these activities to our daily routine, but you're also helping my growth in a fun and creative way.