fine motor – The Little Green Tambourine

Learn about recycling

Materials:

Small items that can be recycled (We used cardboard and paper.)
Small items that cannot be recycled (We used plastic wrap and cut up straws and sponge.)
Small garbage can
Small recycle bin
Tweezers

Directions:

To learn about recycling, have the children sort different objects in the appropriate bin – trash or recycling. They can use tweezers to pick up the objects and place them in the bins to help develop fine motor skills. Be sure to talk about why each object was placed in each bin.

Rainbow Straw Necklace

Materials:

Smoothie straws
Yarn
Tape

Instructions:

Cut the yarn into about 18 inch segments. Put a piece of tape on the end. The tape will help prevent the straws from falling off the end.
Cut the straws into smaller segments. We cut them into about 1 1/2 inch segments.
String the straw pieces onto the yarn.
When finished stringing, tie the two ends of the yarn together.