Today, I found a super duper activity for my tots to do. I realised, recently, that Elijah loves playing with any left over icing I have (the fondant variety) when I have been cake making. He sits for ages playing with it, making all sorts of little creations.
When I came across an idea, based on play dough, I realised he was going to LOVE it.
Better still, to capture MY interest, it included BUTTONS!
My interest is always captures by activities with the potential of teaching about mutliple concepts, and this one totally fit the bill.
It involved using a printable, from Learning 4 Kids, which you can find here.
First of all, ELijah had a turn doing it. I thought he did a really great job, filling in the shape of the bear. Then he had fun putting buttons on, too. We talked about what colours they were, how many, which colour there were more of, what size they all were, and how many holes were in the buttons.
It's funny, because they ALL appeared at various points, wanting to play with the play-doh!
When I came across an idea, based on play dough, I realised he was going to LOVE it.
Better still, to capture MY interest, it included BUTTONS!
My interest is always captures by activities with the potential of teaching about mutliple concepts, and this one totally fit the bill.
It involved using a printable, from Learning 4 Kids, which you can find here.
First of all, ELijah had a turn doing it. I thought he did a really great job, filling in the shape of the bear. Then he had fun putting buttons on, too. We talked about what colours they were, how many, which colour there were more of, what size they all were, and how many holes were in the buttons.
It's funny, because they ALL appeared at various points, wanting to play with the play-doh!
This was Elijah's completed bear (it did end up having "claws" added, after the camera was gone - a manly bear! )
ELijah "posing"
THen, Simeon had a go. He REALLY loved playing with it, and tried very intently to fill in his shape.
I thought this was a very admirable attempt, for a 2 year old!
His big brother (erm, the 12 year old) helped him a bit, then he added some buttons, too (Simeon, that is.)
Would you just look at the level of concentration?! He enjoyed trying to count as he stuck them on, and although the buttons DID end up on the floor later, they all had fun with it.
I think that the lady who shared the free printable used them for alphabet themes, this one being "b". I was thinking, however, that I could print other shapes of my own, and make more colours of play-doh, to have some variety.
This is one we will being doing again, for SURE! Fun had, all round!
Oh, the recipe I used for playdoh was from The Imagination Tree, but I missed out the Cream of Tartar, as I didn't have any! I could have done with more food colouring, as it didn't come out very blue (yes, that's supposed to be blue...). . I know for next time. Cuz, there's gonna be a next time!
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