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Kit Item #7: A Writing Surface There are many different writing surfaces out there that would be perfect to put into a kit. I love using things that can be used again and again to help Andrew build his handwriting skills. I have the following items in my own My Obstacle Course materials: Magna-Doodles (I have even found small seasonal ones!) Aqua-Doodles white boards (write on/wipe off or dry erase) that come lined like beginning writing paper and plain white (make sure to use the … [Read more...] about My Obstacle Course Kit Item #7: A Writing Surface

My Obstacle Kit Item #6: Food Coloring When thinking about how to make activities fun in order to make building more challenging skills exciting, I thought back to teaching my "Colors" unit in kindergarten. The students loved experimenting and learning how different colors are made. I started using food coloring in My Obstacle Course station activities with Andrew and got to see the same look of wonder and joy as he saw firsthand what happens when two colors blend together. So easy and so … [Read more...] about My Obstacle Course Kit Item #6: Food Coloring

Droppers, Bulb Syringes and Turkey Basters These items are great to have in a My Obstacle Course kit because they add fun and build hand muscles with hardly any set up - just add water and some bowls or cups and you are good to go! They also help to build some other skills, like planning, patience and focus (in a way that I found was tolerable for Andrew :) ) because for it to work, the child has to do several things: squeeze the top hold it squeezed while putting the bottom in the … [Read more...] about My Obstacle Course Kit Item #5: Droppers, Bulb Syringes and Turkey Basters

Kit Item #4: Tweezers or Tongs Tweezers or tongs (or even kiddie chopsticks like the ones I got from Sur La Table) are great for building muscles required for handwriting. Tweezers are something that almost everyone has at home which makes it even better, almost like getting a free tool! They also pair quite nicely with kit item #3, puff balls. Click here for a past post on tweezers. Uses: This item pretty much has one use, to build hand muscles by squeezing the tweezers to pick something … [Read more...] about My Obstacle Course Kit Item #4: Tweezers or Tongs

Kit Item #3: Colored Puffs This is one of my most favorite My Obstacle Course purchases and I actually bought this package of multi-sized, multi-colored cotton puff balls at Michael's for my first Obstacle Course with Andrew. They were great then and I am still finding ways to use them! I'd say I'm getting an excellent return on this investment :). Using something like this requires a little bit of thought (I mean teeny, tiny because I'm giving you some suggestions) but almost no time … [Read more...] about My Obstacle Course Kit Item #3: Colored Puffs