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Fine motor skills
Mystery Marks
Find a large scrap of textured fabric or sandpaper.
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Lay the scrap flat on a table and tape a big piece of newsprint over it.
Make sure that no piece of the scrap shows from under the paper.
Invite your child to take a crayon and scribble on the paper.
Notice your child’s reaction to the unusual texture and bumpy marks made on
the paper.
Ask your child,“What does it feel like? Is it bumpy? Let’s see what is under the
paper.”
Pull back the tape to show your child what is underneath that made the bumpy
scribbles!
Tub Fun
At bath time, fill the tub with a few favorite water toys and a bath sponge.
Push the sponge down to fill it with water and squeeze it out on one of the toys.
Say to your child,“I can squeeze the sponge and wash the duckie.”
Invite the child to give each toy a bath by filling, then squeezing water from
the sponge.
Put a few drops of non-irritating bubble bath in the water.
Now when your child squeezes the sponge, she will enjoy making soapy bubbles
in the tub!
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