by jessicaperkins | Nov 28, 2010 | activity, chef, cookies, delicious, food, fruit, kitchen, nutritious, project, snack, watermelon
Buga loves to help out in the kitchen…so when I saw this idea in a parenting magazine I decided we would have to give it a try. It is so simple, but works fine motor skills, patience, and kitchen knowledge.First I cut a watermelon into disks, maybe about 1/2...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 30, 2010 | art, autumn, collage, fall, hike, leaf, leaves, nature, nature walk, project, walk
We took the leaves from our Leaf Hunt and made simple Autumn Collages using double-sided laminate sheets to make it easy for little hands to stick and keep. I taped one sheet down on the table…while Buga placed the leaves where she wanted them (everywhere!) She...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 20, 2010 | activity, chopsticks, color, colors, fine motor, learning, pattern, play, pom pom, pom poms, project, skill, tongs
I know I have posted about Pom Poms before but we still use ours for this project so I thought I would post some new pictures and mention it again. It’s a great way to help build fine motor skills and color coding and pattern making. All you need are some Pom...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 6, 2010 | art, craft, fine motor, flower, project
I a similar idea on one of my favorite blogs : Little Hands Big Work . I found this big shaker at the dollar store and used pipe cleaners and flower buttons to coordinate. It turned out to be a great “arrangement” – using fine motor skills to both...
by jessicaperkins | Sep 28, 2010 | art, coloring, craft, fine motor, project, rainbow, scratch art
I found these at the craft store on Clearance for under $2.00. In grade school I remember having to ever so gingerly scratch the surface without getting any oil from my hands onto the black “paper” and make each stroke count because we weren’t...
by jessicaperkins | May 21, 2010 | art, coffee filter, project
This is a great Art project that doesn’t require too many additional tools…and is process oriented.What you’ll need:Coffee FiltersWashable MarkersSpray Bottle with WaterNewspaper for easy clean-up1. Lay newspaper on a work surface2. Doodle, draw,...
