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Emergency play activity – peg drop

July 9, 2014 by Emma Edwards Leave a Comment

Ever since Adam’s Peg Drop activity from Day 14 of our 100 day toddler play challenge Adam has loved playing with pegs.  He has his own set in a Busy Box and they regularly get used.  As yet he can’t attach the pegs to anything but he loves to transport them (his preferred schematic behaviour).  I view the pegs as an emergency activity – something to bring out when our usual play activities can not distract him.

The pegs came in useful when we were at Nana’s. It was just before lunch and Adam and his cousin Beth were getting tetchy. The usual distractions weren’t working.  So I tipped out Nana’s pegs onto the floor and gave them a large laundry basket.  The cousins went from arguing to working collaboratively together to put all of the pegs into the basket.

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I had envisaged that they could post the pegs through the holes of the basket but Beth and Adam had other ideas.  Once all of the pegs were in the basket Adam tipped up the basket and the pair started again. The toddlers were both content until it was lunch time.

Adventures of Adam toddler peg activity

What is your emergency play activity for your child?

 

Equipment:

* Pegs

* Laundry basket

 

Adam was 2 years and 2 months old.

 

 

 

Filed Under: Activities suitable for Hyperemesis Gravidarum sufferers, Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: Busy Bag Play Activities, Cupboard Resources, Fine Motor Activities, Gross Motor Skills, Hyperemesis sufferers activities, Independent Play Activities, Non-messy activity, Pegs, Super quick set up

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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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