Lacing

Fine motor skills are crucial as kiddos grow into writers and crafters. 

Here is an easy (and SUPER cheap) homemade lacing activity!

Cut out any shape you want from construction paper, we have an apply. Use a hole punch to put a few holes around the edge of the shape. Use yarn to lace through the holes. (Extra shoe laces work well, although, I not sure who have a ton of those around:) )

** one trick to help with lacing: wrap the end of the yarn with tape to make it more similar to a shoe lace***

Cool Off on a Hot Day

 This summer has been so hot and we have needed to introduce a few new indoor activities that also allow for some stimulation and feel us cooled off. 

CP loves eating ice from our water cups. This gave me the idea of letting him play with ice! I used and extra shower curtain liner as a play mat on our floor and gave him a plastic tray of full of ice.

He used spoons and little Tupperware containers to transfer ice around and dump it on himself. 

He found that a lap full of ice was what he thought it was going to be as you can tell from his expression. 

This is a great sensory activity to help your kiddo practice hot/ cold, wet/dry, large/small, frozen/melted. 

It's never too early to start conversing with you child about things they experience. It will only build their vocabulary.