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Self-help skills
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Meatballs and Cornflakes
Just for fun, when spaghetti and meatballs are on the lunch menu, place a spoon
and a fork next to the children’s plate.
Encourage the children to try to pick up a meatball with the spoon. What happens?
Now try it with a fork.
Talk about how spoons and forks help us to eat different foods more easily.
On another day, invite the children to try to eat their cereal from a small bowl
with a fork! Oops! What happens to the milk?
Happy Feet
Play a game to match children to their shoes.
Have the children put one shoe in the middle of the rug as they sit around the
edge.
Hold up one shoe at a time.
Let each child stand up, come to get their shoe and put it back on.
Talk about whose shoes lace, buckle,Velcro, and slip on.
A Big Smile
Invite a local dentist or dental hygienist to visit the center.
Ask the dentist to show children the proper brushing technique using a big plastic
teeth model.
Encourage the children to use their toothbrushes at home like the dentist
showed them.
At Circle Time, sing “This is the way we brush our teeth…” to the tune of “Here
We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush.”
As you and the children sing, imitate the motions used by the dentist.
Display a poster of a child with a bright smile and shining teeth for the children
to see when they use the sink.