Good morning! Welcome to another week of Lakewood at Home for Middlers. Here are several invitations from teachers Sarah and Caitlyn.
Sensory Invitation: Sorting Colors with Pom-Poms
**If you do not have pom-poms you can use any other toy or item that has a variety of colors**
To set up this activity you will need to label a few small cups or containers with the colors of the pom-poms.
Then lay out the pom-poms for your child. Have them use tongs, scoops, or just their hands to sort the pom-poms into the corresponding colored container.
Intent: This sensory activity allows for middlers to practice sorting and hand-eye coordination. They will also be using fine motor skills to transfer the pom-poms to the containers using the tongs/scoops.
Exploring Aluminium Foil
Here are a couple of art invitations for your child using aluminium foil:
Coloring on aluminium foil- set up a piece of foil for your child about the same size as a sheet of printer paper. Invite them to color on the foil using markers. Ask your child, “how is coloring on foil different from paper?” You could also invite them to color on regular paper so they can see the difference.
Collaging with aluminium foil- help your child cut or rip up smaller pieces of the foil. Using liquid school glue, have your child use the small pieces to collage with. They can also incorporate other colored paper with the aluminium foil for a more colorful collage!
Intent: This activity allows for a different way to explore art and creative expression by using unconventional art materials.
Music and Movement Invitation: Sing “You Are My Sunshine”. Invite your child to play an instrument while you sing.
Intent: This activity encourages big body movements and incorporates songs used in the middler classroom while at school.
Outdoor/Nature/Gross Motor Invitation: Color hop.
Draw different color circles on the driveway or sidewalk. Call out different colors for your child to hop to. Next, let your child call out the colors and you hop to them 🙂
Intent: We want to encourage the middlers to get outside and use all of their big body muscles to enhance gross motor development.
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