As Autumn is upon us we have used the opportunity to create a Fall inspired apple fine motor play busy bag.
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The activity was incredibly easy to set up. I placed an apple shaped ice cube tray into our fantastic leaf shaped plastic tray from Tiger UK. Our leaf tray has already been used as a Jurassic Small World and a Coconut Sensory Bin so you can tell how much we love it! I placed a variety of different sized green and red Pom Poms
to represent the apples.
Into the other leaf tray I added a variety of fine motor play tools – the Gator Grabber and Squeezy Tweezer from our Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set, a Jumbo Tweezer
and a wooden tong
. That was it!
It was Adam’s first go at using our wooden tongs so he spent most of the activity practising using the new tool. It took several attempts for him to hold it correctly but he enjoyed using it once the tongs were in his hands correctly.
We experimented with different ways that the apple pom poms could be arranged in the apple ice cube tray. Adam sorted the apples by colour and size.
Our apple fine motor play busy bag didn’t create any mess so I was able to leave it out over several days. Every now and again I would spot Adam at the apple busy bag placing the pom poms into the apple tray. We love independent busy bag activities!
As this activity requires no preparation, doesn’t create any mess and promotes independent play it can be classed as an HG friendly play activity. Take a look at our other activities suitable for Hyperemesis Gravidarum sufferers when they are caring for young children:
Equipment:
* Leaf shaped trays from Tiger UK
* Red and green Pom Poms in a variety of sizes
* Fine motor skills tools – we used Jumbo Tweezer, wooden tong
and the Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set
We have teamed up with bloggers from around the world to bring you 17 fall activities for kids:
From left to right:
Halloween Words // The Pleasantest Thing
Fall Leaves In and Out Activity // Still Playing School
Pumpkin Alphabet Puzzles // Modern Preschool
Sunflower Playdough Mats for the Numbers 1-10 // Life Over Cs
Fall Leaves Quiet Book // Teach My Mommy
Pumpkin Count and Clip Cards // Playdough to Plato
Apple Fine Motor Play // Adventures of Adam
Free Fall Themed Mazes // Powerful Mothering
Free Pumpkin Colors Booklet // Stay At Home Educator
Fall Nature I Spy Bottle // Mama. Papa. Bubba.
Fall Alphabet // Preschool Inspirations
Fine Motor Spider // Coffee Cups and Crayons
Fall Interactive Book // Liz’s Early Learning Spot
Free Pumpkin Number Mats // The Kindergarten Connection
Fall Playdough Busy Bag // Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Counting with Acorns // Play and Learn Everyday
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What a fun activity fine motor activity for little ones! I’ll have to try it with my toddler. He will love using the tweezers. #ToddlerFunFriday
I love this fall activity. I recently tried switching my daughter from using tongs in fine motor play to tweezers. She initially did not like it, but is getting the hang of it. I hope you will come by Made for Kids link party and link this up http://www.theresourcefulmama.com/made-for-kids-3/
I love this fine motor activity! So simple, but very effective for toddlers. Thanks for sharing on Toddler Fun Friday!