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Coin Drop – Day 7 Toddler Play Challenge

November 7, 2013 by Emma Gadsby Leave a Comment

I have a confession. My son loves 2p slot machines at the arcades. He is pretty good too. He loves slotting the money into the machine and waiting for it to drop. Although my parents think we are instilling a gambling addition – I see it that he is improving his fine motor skills!

On a Tesco visit I spotted some pirate treasure toy money and remembered we had a metallic money box at home. I think a metallic money box makes a better sound when the coin drops. Although I could have used real money I couldn’t be sure that Adam wouldn’t put them in his mouth and the toy coins were slightly bigger than a 2p.

I had originally planned to do a messy activity outside today. However, I soon realised that Adam was not going to play ball – especially as it was the afternoon by the time we had a chance and by then the weather was miserable. Luckily I had the coin activity as a plan B. Adam concentrated on the activity for a long time.

At first he just wanted to put them into the box without its lid on – but that’s too easy! With the lid on he got frustrated not being able to post them in quickly and it was interesting watching him persevere until at last he could post them individually – not an easy skill.

I hid coins around the living room and he managed to find them all. The activity continued into the kitchen where he transferred the coins into a muffin tin before posting them into the money box. Such a simple activity which kept Adam amused for half an hour.

Filed Under: Activities suitable for Hyperemesis Gravidarum sufferers, Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: 100 day toddler play challenge, 30 day toddler play challenge, Busy Bag Play Activities, Fine Motor Activities, Hyperemesis sufferers activities, Independent Play Activities, Non-messy activity, Super quick set up, Toddler play

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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