Kit Item #9: Clothesline and Clothespins This is one of my favorite tools and the fact that I can use it to build multiple skills and concepts by combining an academic or concept driven skill with the fine motor skills and planning involved with using clothespins just makes it even more awesome! It adapts beautifully to whatever I need Andrew to be working on, which helps to keep it interesting. This is huge in keeping him engaged and motivated and I love the smirk on his face when he sees it … [Read more...] about My Obstacle Course Kit Item #9: Clothesline and Clothespins
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Clothesline Clipping- Ornaments
As a child I always loved playing with a little clothesline that I would tie between trees while hanging my little doll clothes on it. When I taught kindergarten, I used a clothesline as a station center but instead of hanging clothes on it, the children used it to work on building fine motor skills of pinching open clothespins, placing pieces to be clipped in the right place and making patterns or matching items together. They loved it and would have the cutest, serious expressions on their … [Read more...] about Clothesline Clipping- Ornaments
Preparing For An October/Halloween My Obstacle Course
Today I am sharing an example of what it looked like when I was preparing for an October/Halloween themed My Obstacle Course done with Andrew. Prepping for an October/Halloween Themed My Obstacle Course Below is a photograph of my desk while I got organized. This is how I play!! While it may seem to be just a mish-mash of things, they all went together beautifully to create a fun learning experience. I gathered cutouts, stickers, thematic materials and other tools that I had which would … [Read more...] about Preparing For An October/Halloween My Obstacle Course
Back To School Tip #7
Decoding the Teacher's Weekly Letter I’m sure that most of you get a letter at the beginning of the week from your child’s teacher explaining the themes, concepts and skills they are working on in class. This is an important way for them to communicate with you what they are teaching your child in school. This letter is also a great way for you to get ideas for how to reinforce what they are doing in school at home. How can you do this? Through simple station activities as part of My Obstacle … [Read more...] about Back To School Tip #7
Sports Themed My Obstacle Course Idea #1
While sports are not a big thing with Andrew, I know that for a lot of children if they could play sports all day they would. For those of you with children like this, it may seem like more of a challenge to find ways to motivate them to build academic skills however there are many ways to incorporate sports and this week I will focus on some station activities that I would use for a sports themed My Obstacle Course. Sports Themed Pattern Cards Soccer Balls Pattern cards such as these can … [Read more...] about Sports Themed My Obstacle Course Idea #1
Sample My Obstacle Course Using Kit Items
I hope you have found these past posts on what I would include in a basic My Obstacle Course kit helpful. These are just some of my favorites and are examples of items that could easily be assembled to provide activities to help build your child's skills. I encourage you to go on a little treasure hunt through your own house and see if there's anything else you can find. (Click here for a past post on Treasure Hunting At Home.) Academic and Developmental Skill Areas Just like when I set up My … [Read more...] about Sample My Obstacle Course Using Kit Items