Bell Drop through Paper Towel Tube
Area: Fine Motor
Daily Routine: Playtime
Developmental Age Range: 13-18 Months
Description:
Tape a paper towel tube to the wall using painters tape. Place several bells in a bucket underneath the tube about 1 foot from the bottom of the paper towel tube. The child should be encouraged to pick up a bell, and place it through the top of the tube and it will drop back into the bucket underneath. The child will be working on grasping skills as well as wrist rotation depending on the placement of the tube (vertical, or at angle). The child can do this activity from a variety of positions, ideally standing- but could be adapted for seated.
Needed Materials:
paper towel tube, painters tape, bucket/bowl, bells (large- but small enough to fit through the paper towel tube)
Big Dice
Area: Gross Motor
Daily Routine: Playtime
Developmental Age Range: 13-18 Months, 19-24 Months, 25-30 Months, 31-36 Months
Description:
Student and team members take turns rolling the big dice. The child follows after it, either walking or crawling to the dice. They pick it up and together the child and the adult touch count the dots on the dice.
Needed Materials:
big dice (I got mine from 5 Below)
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Body Parts
Area: Gross Motor, Independence/Self-Help
Daily Routine: Mealtime, Outside, Playtime, Outings, Bedtime/Nap, Bathtime
Developmental Age Range: 13-18 Months, 19-24 Months, 25-30 Months, 31-36 Months
Description:
Practice locating body parts. “Where is -child’s- head?” “Where is –child’s- foot?” If the child is advancing through their own body parts, ask where mommy’s body parts are. To advance further, begin working on the ‘yours/mine concept’
Needed Materials:
None
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Bottle Cap Game
Area: Sensory, Fine Motor, Cognition
Daily Routine: Playtime, Bathtime
Developmental Age Range: 7-12 Months, 13-18 Months
Description:
Place various size bottle caps on a plastic tray or cookie sheet to keep them within the baby’s reach. Encourage the baby to explore the bottle caps and put them in the container. For added sensory development, shake the container and have the baby listen to the sound the bottle caps make. Then support the baby in reaching into the container and pulling the bottle caps out of the box through the hole in the lid. You may need to use hand-over-hand or hand-under-hand until the baby is familiar with the activity. This activity can be done in a high chair or another supportive sitting device, as well as during bath time (try using objects that float instead of bottle caps). This game will help to develop fine motor skills, such as grasp and release. It will also help to develop concepts like object permanence.
Needed Materials:
1. Empty baby wipe container or tissue box
2. Assortment of plastic bottle caps (i.e. size, texture, color, etc.)
3. Cookie sheet, plastic tray or another similar container
Bubble Wrap Bouncing
Area: Gross Motor
Daily Routine: Playtime
Developmental Age Range: 19-24 Months, 25-30 Months
Description:
Description: Purchase a roll of bubble wrap packaging at postal/office supply store or save from packaging. Tape to floor in open area such as wooden hallway, kitchen, etc. Have child crawl, walk, jump, hop, stomp to pop bubbles. You can also set up indoors as part of obstacle course and/or use with balls to bounce on bubble wrap. Vocabulary can also be introduced such as the word Pop!
Needed Materials:
Equipment: Bubble wrap sheet, tape, open space