Toothpicks & Styrofoam
You can never have too many fine-motor skill projects in your back pocket! I sooo wanted to do the styrofoam head activity I saw Teacher Tom’s preschoolers made for their play. But before I combed the web in search for a supply of styrofoam heads, I had to be sure The Chief was even going to be interested.
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| He was excited to try something new. |
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| He then got serious about it, analyzing each one before deciding where to put it. When I tried to join in (‘cuz I wanna play too!), he got mad and took out the ones I poked. Jeeeez, share much??? |
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| Later, Daddy tried to show him how to build a 2-story structure. But Chief wasn’t interested in that. Daddy then drew some shapes on a small piece and told him to try to stay on the line. He enjoyed doing that. |
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| Easy enough. |
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| He learned it wasn’t so easy to do 4 all at once. |
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He sat there for awhile in deep concentration until he couldn’t find anymore spots to poke without getting poked in the arms. And because he wouldn’t let Mommy play, I made him clean up the dropped toothpicks all by himself  |
Yeah, he’ll certainly enjoy doing the styrofoam head. I found some for cheap on eBay and Amazon. But I’ll wait a week or so to see if any pop up on Freecycle.
