Activity of the Month
While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. - Angela Schwindt
We know parents and teachers are always looking for new ways to engage children while teaching them the basic skills they need. Each month, we will provide fun activities that enhance their self-help, cognitive and social development skills. Learning doesn’t have to be dull. The best part is that children won’t even recognize this time as school work!
January 2012
Yarn Mosaic by; Nicole Lumpkin
This activity will help your preschooler boost her fine motor skills, improve color recognition, and explore art materials. Make this colorful yarn mosaic by reusing items from around the house. Use remaining yarn from knitting projects or wrapping presents to create a fantastic design. You can also cut out the back of a cereal box to use as a structural background. Allow your child to create lines and shapes with the glue to cover in yarn. By letting your child control the glue, it helps build their fine motor control, hand eye coordination, and confidence. Scissor cutting skills are also an important skill for kindergarten. 
What You Need:
- Cardboard
- Yarn in many colors
- Scissors
- Clear-drying non-toxic glue
What to Do:
- Take turns cutting pieces of different colored yarn with your child. Cut many different sizes short and long and everything in between.
- Have your child to create lines and patterns on the cardboard with the glue.
- Allow your child to cover the glue lines with the yarn using the different sized pieces of yarn in any combination. Repeat until the mosaic is complete.
- Set aside to dry.
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