Camp Splish Splosh has begun! While this year’s approach is very modified to allow for safety, we're still having a lot of fun!
Yesterday we made binoculars to take with us on a nature hunt! We first read a book about forest animals and then we made predictions on which animals we would see and which we wouldn’t. Although all the children predicted we would see a bear, luckily we did not! Once we got to the park we worked on recall to discuss the animals we might see and then we used our binoculars to play I Spy.
To make the binoculars you’ll need two empty toilet paper rolls (or one paper towel roll cut in two), scissors, construction paper (cut in half length wise), a hole puncher, 2 paper clips, tape, yarn/string, and then crayons or stickers to decorate your binoculars.
First I put the empty paper towel rolls together and used the paper clips to secure them. Next we decorated our paper, using the stickers and crayons) and then wrapped the paper around the two empty paper towel rolls and secured it with tape. Then we used the hole puncher to punch two holes in either side of the binoculars and we threaded the yarn through the holes and tied them. And there you go, you now have homemade binoculars that you can take with you on your nature walks with your kids!
This activity works to promote fine motor manipulation, hand strength, prediction, and short term recall. A great fine motor and language based activity for your Kindergartners and First Graders!
Stay safe and enjoy!