Jelly Bean Fine Motor

Jelly Beans are the perfect size to work on fine motor skills.  Adeline has never had a jelly bean so I knew she could work on this without being distracted with wanting to eat them.

I found these neat trays at the Dollar Tree with the ice cube trays.  I put some jelly beans in the tray and had her work them out practicing the pincher grasp.  We were also able to talk about taking the beans "out" and putting them "in the bowl".

Next, we took the beans that are now in the bowl and sorted them by color in the tray.  I added one of each color to the tray to give Adeline a start.

The last thing we did was work on scooping our beans.

It was so funny all of a sudden Adeline realized that these must be good, and she stuck one in her mouth.   She loved it!

Our Homemade Iceland!

Well, we love in a warm place, and never see any ice so today we played with our penguins in pretend ice.  I have been wanting to make a salt box for Adeline to start making lines and shapes, so while she took a nap we got it done.

I started with about four containers of salt and a Ziploc bag, added a few drops of food coloring, shake it together and we are ready to go. Adeline was surprised and excited  when she woke up.  We will keep this box for awhile to do some writing, sensory play, and pouring and scooping activities.

 Doing some scooping,