Look, Parents, see what hands can do for all kinds of early development and kindergarten readiness learning and fun. In this case, it isn’t “no-hands” it’s “hands-on.” One of the handiest tools that kids have for interacting with the world around them is hands. Once babies discover their hands, it seems children’s hands never stop exploring and creating. They are so handy!
Last September, I did a whole month of play and learn hands-on activities. For today’s play-of-the-day, here are a few suggestions. Playdough is one of the ultimate toys for creativity. While that dough, can’t be used for eating, you and your child may want to make some real bread dough. Is there any doubt after checking out the smile that this is learning and fun? (Thank you to the mom’s helper at Busted Button for his photo.) Building blocks or other construction toys are exciting for both little kids and big adult ones. Paint, drawing, crafts and other art work-play use hands. Puzzles can help with learning figure-ground, spatial clues, colors, trial and error strategies and more. Puppets need hands to turn on the fun. Hands and fingers are needed for counting, sorting, and other math activities. Even talking uses hands.
Plays-of-the-day will use hands in many ways. How will your little ones play and work with hands today?