Anyone can be an artist.
In our case, all it took was a sturdy base (an old wire locker basket),
some beautiful materials in interesting containers,
and a simple presentation by a sunny window.
They did the rest themselves.
It’s all about enjoying the process!
It was so much fun to watch them engaged so intently with these materials. They poked, pushed, dropped, and slid the dowel rods in and out, a wonderful fine motor and spatial reasoning exercise. The different-sized pompoms were great for problem-solving because some were too large to fit through the holes in the basket, so they ended up tucked into the tops of the rods. And the language, oh, the language! I heard so many novel phrases as they played- the speech pathologist in me was jumping for joy! My son was very eager to show Daddy our “scuuushuh” when he got home from work.
*Thank you Craft Project Ideas.com for contributing to our awesome pompom collection!
Wow! I love this! It’s like the always popular pipe cleaners through a colander activity, only you’ve kicked it up a notch!
The wheels are turning in my head…wondering how we can do something similar…
What fun! We love activities like this. Would love for you to link up with us on Share it Saturday. http://www.sugaraunts.com/2013/02/share-it-saturday-7-and-our-week-in.html
Thank you! Will do!
Stephanie, This activity is so valuable in so many ways! Fine motor, visual motor, visual perception - and can be adapted to fit so many skills! Thanks for sharing. Will pin!
We have a couple of baskets like this. I love this idea. We’ll have to give it a go! Lately, I’ve been seeing so many cute things from you popping in Facebook feeds and Pinterest.
Stephanie I love this project idea and the photos are awesome! I would love to post the last photo on my “It’s Friday I’m in LOVE post” Of course I will use a source credit and a link back to your post.