Good morning! Here are some invitations that we hope will interest your middler this Tuesday.
Sensory Invitation: Create shadow puppets on the wall using a flashlight or lamp in a dark room. What different shapes can you make? What does your shadow look like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8wP2RYy64&feature=youtu.be – How To Make Shadow Puppets
Intent: This explores the middlers interpretation of light and dark. This also allows them to practice developing fine motor skills by creating different shapes with their fingers.
Fine Motor Invitation: Use any blocks that you want to build a house, tower, building, etc. When you’re finished knock it over to make a big crashing noise! You can also use loose parts or other objects to build your towers. How high can you build it before it falls?
Intent: The middlers enjoy building in the middler room and on the playground. This activity incorporates fine motor development by using their hand muscles to move and balance each block where they want it to go.
Art Invitation: Rainbow Tree! Find a small to medium sized, interesting looking branch. If possibly, find a bucket or pot to ‘plant’ the branch in. You want the branch to be able to stand up in the pot. Get out some paint! Have your child use different colors to paint the branches and create their rainbow tree.
** If you do not have a pot to put the branch in you can still paint it! Lay the branch out on the ground outside or on some newspaper to paint! (for an easy no-mess clean up). You can hang the branch from a string if you do not have a pot **
Intent: This is an opportunity for the middlers to practice painting on different materials other than paper. This will help develop the pincer grip, holding the paintbrush. This is another opportunity for mixing colors and experimenting with painting in different ways.
Outdoor/Nature/Gross Motor Invitation: Gather five buckets or bowls and put the numbers 1-5 on them. Search for nature items outside such as leaves, sticks, rocks, etc. Put one nature item in the bucket/bowl with the number one. Put two nature items in the bucket/bowl with the number two on it. Etc.
Intent: Get outside and enjoy the nice weather and beautiful spring scenery. We want to encourage the middlers to use all of their big body muscles to enhance gross motor development. This activity also includes cognitive development by incorporating counting and number recognition.
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