Picking Flowers
Work on your child's pincer grasp with this fun flower activity!
Materials Needed
Picking Flowers
Difficulty Level: Medium
Time Needed: 10 minutes
Best done: Indoors
Main Movement: Pincer Grasp
Materials Needed
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Cardboard
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Scissors
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Construction Paper (scraps okay)
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Glue
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Tape
Let's Play!
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To begin this activty, draw the basic shape of a flower, seperating the center circle from the petals on your cardboard - making it as large as possible. (Draw a large circle and large petals). Do not worry about it looking pretty, your child won't care!
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Next, cut out your cardboard shapes, ensuring not to leave any sharp edges.
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Trace these pieces onto your construction paper. Cut the shapes out of the construction paper and glue them onto the cardboard.
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Then:
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6 months+ (laying down): place the flower on the floor and encourage your child to pick up the pieces and set them back down again. (Raking motion is great too)!
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9 months + : Fold the tape over onto itself and stick the flower shapes to the floor, encouraging your child to pull them off and stick them back on.
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12 months + (Standing unassisted): Tape the flower to a window and encourage your child to pull the pieces off and stick them back on.
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**Older children optional challenge: Encourage your child to peel the pieces off and move all of them to a different window - this will work on spatial recognition while adding in a walking element.
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