Q. I'm just getting ideas for my Child development class in college.
A. Sociodramatic play is often used to help children acquire social information and learn social norms. You could offer a variety of costumes for different professions and have the students act out what those professionals do for the community. Younger children do well with acting upon stuffed animals or dolls to rehearse social roles, like being the teacher or mother to a doll. Having household toys, like a play kitchen, telephone, or garden tools, could also be useful. It depends on the goal of the task.
What experiences develop a childs fine motor skills?
Q. I need 4 experiences (per age group) to develop fine motor skills + reasons for why each choice relates to the physical development of the following age groups
• Infants (not yet walking)
• Toddlers (staring to walk to three years)
• Preschoolers (three to five years)
Any help would be so appreciated - am doing an assignment and have drawn a total blank for this question.
Thanks in advance
• Infants (not yet walking)
• Toddlers (staring to walk to three years)
• Preschoolers (three to five years)
Any help would be so appreciated - am doing an assignment and have drawn a total blank for this question.
Thanks in advance
A. Infants and Toddlers:
* tying colorful scarfs together and placing them into a clear plastic bottle (juice bottle). Then letting them pull out the scarves.
* dump and fill activities
* Peek a boo boards- where they have to pick up the foam flaps to see what it underneath.
* texture books-allowing them to turn the pages
* Float and Sink activity. Letting the child put the objects into and out of the water.
* Feely Boxes- decorate a box with different textured material. Place items inside that are of different textures. Let them reach in and take out the items.
* Sticking objects to (and taking objects off) contact paper that has been taped to a surface sticky side up.
* squeaky squeeze toys
* fingerplays
* squeeze sponges- having a little soap and colored water makes it great fun!
* sensory gloves- fill plastic gloves with various items (beans, oatmeal, etc) and let them squeeze them.
* Canister Shakers: Put paper clips, buttons, or other small objects inside potato chip cans or film canister. Tape or glue the lids on. When you make these with film canisters, even a very small baby can grasp and shake them.
* Slot Drop Can: Cut a 1 ½” slot in the lid of an empty coffee can. Replace the lid. Provide poker chips or very large buttons for children to push through the Slot Drop Can. Variation: Cut two slits in the lid of a coffee can. Make one slit about ¼” wide and another about 1” wide. Make several fat chips by gluing four poker chips together. Single chips will work in the thin slit.
* Tape Removal: Place several strips of masking tape on a tabletop, tray, or on the floor. Show the children how to pull up the strips. It's also great fun to have colored tape strips attached to the edge of the table and let them take it off and put them onto their paper. Older preschools enjoy this with masking tape and then color them with markers. We happened to have read The 3 Pigs that day so we put the tape on our chins like hair. "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin" was heard over and over and over with peals of laughter LOL I brought out some mirrors and what a hey day they had!
*Stringing Tubes: Cover empty toilet paper tubes with contact paper. Cut the tubes into 2”-3” pieces. Show the children how to string the tubes onto a thick piece of yarn. Wrap one end of the yarn with masking tape to create a “needle”. Tie the other end of the yarn around one of the tubes to create a stopper.
Pompom Pick Up: Place 2” pompoms on a carpet square. Give the babies a buck and encourage them to pick up the pompoms and place them in the bucket or pail.
Coaster Bank: Cut a 4” x ½” slot in the top of a plastic lid of a 5 pound coffee can. Give the children plastic coasters to drop through the slot.
Soap it Up: Provide a tub of water and different size bars of soap. Invite the babies to enjoy the feel of the soap in their hands as they explore the bars of soap.
Drop the Beanbag: Provide a bucket and a bean bag. Show the children how to stand over the bucket, hold the beanbag at waist height and drop I into the bucket. When the children get good at hitting the bucket when holding the beanbag at that height, encourage them to try raising their bean bag to their chests and dropping it.
Shakers: Fill saltshakers with colored sand. Invite the infants to shake the sand onto a piece of butcher paper. Or provide construction paper with glue brushed over it for the children to use as a landing spot.
Jars and Lid: Give babies plastic jars and lids to play with. Take all the lids off and see if the children can match lids to their jars.
Ball Holders: Give infants tennis balls and a large muffin tine. Challenge them to place one ball in each cup.
Some for Preschoolers:
Sorry if I repeat.
* Run a threaded needle through cloth; sew large buttons to canvas or material.
* Cut straight and curved lines/shapes drawn on paper, cloth, etc., with scissors
* Knead dough; Play dough play with young children with the terms: poke, squeeze, pound, press, knead, etc. is always good for language too.
* Stick small objects into play dough for him/her to pull out
* Wind thread on a spool evenly
* Tie a box with string or ribbon
* Styrofoam Sewing: The ability to print and write legibly depends on the child’s degree of fine motor control. This activity give shim the small-muscle practice he needs to gain a high degree of control. Provide clean styrofoam meat trays. With a pencil or marking pen, outline the simple shape of a familiar object on the tray. With a pencil point, punch holes in the tray along the outline. Thread the needle with a 36” length of yarn, doubling it and knotting the loose ends together. Sew along the outline , in the holes, or at random on the meat tray. Because stryofoam remains rigid and does not bunch up like fabric, it is an ideal first medium for sewing.
* Simple Stencils: Trace a large die-cut shape onto the front of a manila folder and then cut out t
* tying colorful scarfs together and placing them into a clear plastic bottle (juice bottle). Then letting them pull out the scarves.
* dump and fill activities
* Peek a boo boards- where they have to pick up the foam flaps to see what it underneath.
* texture books-allowing them to turn the pages
* Float and Sink activity. Letting the child put the objects into and out of the water.
* Feely Boxes- decorate a box with different textured material. Place items inside that are of different textures. Let them reach in and take out the items.
* Sticking objects to (and taking objects off) contact paper that has been taped to a surface sticky side up.
* squeaky squeeze toys
* fingerplays
* squeeze sponges- having a little soap and colored water makes it great fun!
* sensory gloves- fill plastic gloves with various items (beans, oatmeal, etc) and let them squeeze them.
* Canister Shakers: Put paper clips, buttons, or other small objects inside potato chip cans or film canister. Tape or glue the lids on. When you make these with film canisters, even a very small baby can grasp and shake them.
* Slot Drop Can: Cut a 1 ½” slot in the lid of an empty coffee can. Replace the lid. Provide poker chips or very large buttons for children to push through the Slot Drop Can. Variation: Cut two slits in the lid of a coffee can. Make one slit about ¼” wide and another about 1” wide. Make several fat chips by gluing four poker chips together. Single chips will work in the thin slit.
* Tape Removal: Place several strips of masking tape on a tabletop, tray, or on the floor. Show the children how to pull up the strips. It's also great fun to have colored tape strips attached to the edge of the table and let them take it off and put them onto their paper. Older preschools enjoy this with masking tape and then color them with markers. We happened to have read The 3 Pigs that day so we put the tape on our chins like hair. "Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin" was heard over and over and over with peals of laughter LOL I brought out some mirrors and what a hey day they had!
*Stringing Tubes: Cover empty toilet paper tubes with contact paper. Cut the tubes into 2”-3” pieces. Show the children how to string the tubes onto a thick piece of yarn. Wrap one end of the yarn with masking tape to create a “needle”. Tie the other end of the yarn around one of the tubes to create a stopper.
Pompom Pick Up: Place 2” pompoms on a carpet square. Give the babies a buck and encourage them to pick up the pompoms and place them in the bucket or pail.
Coaster Bank: Cut a 4” x ½” slot in the top of a plastic lid of a 5 pound coffee can. Give the children plastic coasters to drop through the slot.
Soap it Up: Provide a tub of water and different size bars of soap. Invite the babies to enjoy the feel of the soap in their hands as they explore the bars of soap.
Drop the Beanbag: Provide a bucket and a bean bag. Show the children how to stand over the bucket, hold the beanbag at waist height and drop I into the bucket. When the children get good at hitting the bucket when holding the beanbag at that height, encourage them to try raising their bean bag to their chests and dropping it.
Shakers: Fill saltshakers with colored sand. Invite the infants to shake the sand onto a piece of butcher paper. Or provide construction paper with glue brushed over it for the children to use as a landing spot.
Jars and Lid: Give babies plastic jars and lids to play with. Take all the lids off and see if the children can match lids to their jars.
Ball Holders: Give infants tennis balls and a large muffin tine. Challenge them to place one ball in each cup.
Some for Preschoolers:
Sorry if I repeat.
* Run a threaded needle through cloth; sew large buttons to canvas or material.
* Cut straight and curved lines/shapes drawn on paper, cloth, etc., with scissors
* Knead dough; Play dough play with young children with the terms: poke, squeeze, pound, press, knead, etc. is always good for language too.
* Stick small objects into play dough for him/her to pull out
* Wind thread on a spool evenly
* Tie a box with string or ribbon
* Styrofoam Sewing: The ability to print and write legibly depends on the child’s degree of fine motor control. This activity give shim the small-muscle practice he needs to gain a high degree of control. Provide clean styrofoam meat trays. With a pencil or marking pen, outline the simple shape of a familiar object on the tray. With a pencil point, punch holes in the tray along the outline. Thread the needle with a 36” length of yarn, doubling it and knotting the loose ends together. Sew along the outline , in the holes, or at random on the meat tray. Because stryofoam remains rigid and does not bunch up like fabric, it is an ideal first medium for sewing.
* Simple Stencils: Trace a large die-cut shape onto the front of a manila folder and then cut out t
What toy can I create for toddlers or infants?
Q. I have to create a toy for class that is age appropriate for either infants or toddlers. It has to deal with one of the perceptual developments (one of the five senses). Any ideas of what I could make?
A. A jigsaw puzzle is probably doable.
Vision: hand-eye co-ordination, pattern recognition.
Vision: hand-eye co-ordination, pattern recognition.
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