Sort by     Attributes

Provide your child with bead or magnetic letters to sort.  Encourage them to identify various attributes of each letter.  Sort letters by their straight lines or curves.  

Extension: Encourage your child to sort by color.  Challenge your child to count how many items they collected in different categories. 

  Pasta on   Straws

Your child will build their fine motor skills by sliding pasta noodles onto straws.

Extension: Using different colored pastas, have your child build a pattern as they slide the pasta onto the straw.

Beads on Pipe Cleaners

To build hand and finger strength, provide your child with colorful beads that they can slide onto pipe cleaners. In this activity children are encouraged to match colors of beads with pipe cleaners.