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Pat-a-Cake, Cut-a-Cake
Add safety scissors and straight wooden stick pegs to your play dough area.
Encourage the children to try to cut play dough with safety scissors. (It is easier
than cutting paper!)
They will also enjoy sticking wooden pegs in the play dough and pretending they
are candles.
A Page Turner
Display a variety of board picture books in the book rack.
Choose books with pictures of simple objects and activities that your two year
olds can name such as trucks, pets, or people.
Encourage the children to choose a book to bring to the carpet during transitions
such as waiting to wash hands or before nap time. Encourage them to turn
the pages to see all the pictures.
When reading a story, ask a child to stand next to you and be your “page turner.”
Five Finger Exercises
Prepare play dough from your favorite recipe.
Give each child a piece of play dough about the size of a lemon.
Sit at the table with the children and model these movements that use coordination
of finger muscles:
• Use one hand and some pressure to squeeze the play dough through your
fingers.
• Now, roll the play dough into a ball using both hands, then into a long snake.
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Next, use your fist to pound the play dough flat on the table.
Sing the following song as you work the finger muscles:
(To the tune of “This is the way we wash our clothes…”)
This is the way we squeeze our dough,
Squeeze our dough, squeeze our dough,
This is the way we squeeze our dough,
So early in the morning.
(repeat with “roll our dough,” “pound our dough”)