Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places

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Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places (eBook)
More than 200 Activities and Ideas for Using Commonly Found Objects to Enhance the Learning of Your Young Child

I am so excited to finally share my first eBook, Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places. This eBook is a 58 page journey through commonly found objects in and around your home with ideas for using them for educational activities with your young child. I targeted toddlers and preschoolers, but many of the activities can also be done with kindergarten-aged children. (If you have older children, they will likely want to join in with many of the activities as well.)

Some examples of skills that are worked on throughout this book are fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, gross motor skills, speech and social communication, social interactions, adaptive (daily living skills), cognitive skills, sensory stimulation, body awareness, spatial awareness, imagination, and many more.

Finding Educational Activities in the Most Unexpected Places was written as a reaction to comments that many of the families that I see doing in-home therapy have said. I often bring toys for the children to play with while we’re working, and many families have said things like, “I need to get something like (that toy)” or “You have all the cool toys.” I wanted to show those families that there are so many activities that can be done with just objects in and around their own houses. So, I wrote this book with them in mind. (I am giving the books, one section at a time, to those families at no charge.)

Included in the book are ideas for activities using the following:

• Balloons
• Balls
• Blankets
• Blocks
• Books
• Boxes
• Bubbles
• Cardboard Tubes
• Cookie Cutters
• Cotton Balls
• Dishpan (Plastic Wash Tubs)
• Egg Cartons
• Fabric
• Just You! (No Props Needed)
• Kitchen
• Laundry
• Lids
• Painting
• Paper Bags
• Paper Cups
• Paper Plates
• Plastic Bottles
• Plastic Easter Eggs
• Poker Chips
• Sponges
• Miscellaneous Ideas (three pages of ideas that don’t fall into one of the above categories)

There is also a section on dyeing pasta/rice, as well as great books for toddlers and preschoolers.

A sampling of some of the activities:

(Cookie Cutters): It’s a Match – Trace several of your cookie cutters onto a piece of construction paper (or other type of paper). Then, give your child the cookie cutters and ask them to match the cookie cutter to the shape.

(Dishpan): Washing Day – Give your child a dishpan of water with a very small amount of very gentle washing machine detergent (or Woolite) in it. Help them to wash some doll clothes (or other small pieces of clothing, perhaps like socks) by hand. Then, set up a string between two pieces of furniture (or outdoors) for them to have their own clothes line to dry their newly washed garments.

(Egg Cartons): Nature Walk Treasures – If your child doesn’t have small treasures, one fun way to fill this might be with a nature walk. They can fill it with things like rocks, flowers, and leaves, as well as any other treasures that they might come across. (Make sure your child knows to only pick up things that you say are okay. Also, if there are very small items in their new nature treasure box, you might want to put it out of reach when you are not able to supervise.)

(Kitchen): Turkey Transfer – While this activity has a potential to be messy, your child will also have a lot of fun with it. If you are worried about a mess, you could try this activity outside instead of in the kitchen. Fill one bowl with water, and have an empty bowl nearby. Show your child how transfer the water from one bowl to another using a turkey baster. If your child has difficulty with the turkey baster, you can try a medicine bulb syringe or even measuring cups.

(Lids): Juice Lid Memory Game – Collect many metal lids (the ends) from frozen juice concentrate containers. You and your child can choose some favorite stickers (you need two of each sticker) to put on the lids. Since you’ll be matching (or playing memory for older children), you’ll want to make sure the stickers are exactly the same and that you put them on two different lids. After you and your child have put stickers on all of the lids, then you can either play a matching game or a more traditional Memory game for older children. (These lids have a great “clink” when dropped against a metal container, so that can be a fun additional activity.)

This 58 page eBook is available for immediate download for just $7.50.

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