Activity of the Day!
Snowstorm!
Target Age Range: 2 and up
This is a super fun, seasonal, activity that you can do with just about any child 2 and up. For example, I did this activity with an almost 3 year old and a Kindergartner today. With the 3 year old, it was simply following basic directions and gluing the cotton balls on the paper, with the Kindergartener, we were making the letters of his name with dots, glue and cotton balls.
To play all you need is construction paper, cotton balls, glue and a marker. First you take the cotton balls and rip them up into smaller pieces, this is a great fine motor activity that really promotes the pincer grasp, an important grasp when it comes to holding a pencil and writing. After the cotton balls are ripped you can glue them on however you would like! I used squeeze glue to continue to work on hand strength, however stick glue works here too.
If you want to just work on visual scanning you can make the dots (or letters for letter ID) all over the paper and the child has to cover them all.
Overall, this is a great activity that works on so many great skills! Enjoy!