Course 4

Course 4

Activity 1

Fine motor: weaving

Duration: 10-15 minutes

What do you need?

  • Baking cooling rack, basket, wire rack (Basically anything with holes) 
  • Various lengths of old materials or ribbon 

What to do:

  1. Caregiver is to demonstrate to your child how to weave the ribbons. Use vocabuary – under/over or up/down to help them hear the pattern
  2. Allow them to practise! It wont be perfect at first but the more practise the better it will look and the stronger their little fingers will be 

** The following are a few benefits of weaving with your child:

  • builds fine motor skill (pincer grasp)
  • aids visual tracking
  • building eye/hand coordination
  • strengthens the muscles used in pincer grip
  • physical experience of spatial concepts of up, over, and under

Activity 2

Hand printing creative art: Chicken

What do you need?

  • Paint yellow
  • One small google eye/ black marker
  • Little hands
  • White A4 craft paper

What to do:

  1. Caregiver paints child’s hand whole hand with yellow paint.
  2. Assist your child to firmly press their hand upright on paper. Look at picture for reference.
  3. Place handprint in a sunny area to dry.
  4. Once handprint is dry, assist them by pasting eye on the thumb. (chicken’s head)  

Figure 1: Your child explore their surroundings with fingers and hands, often getting into everything within reach. A finger painting activity is great way to encourage some hands on discovery with added benefit of fine motor and sensory play.

Activity 3

Story: The Ugly duckling

Duration: 5-10 minutes

What do we need?

  • Copy of the story for your child to either listen to or read along by use of a book/picture

What to do?

  1. Tell your child the story/have him/her watch and listen to it via a book, pictures or visual-audio device.
  2. Ask your child try some basic questions to test there comprehension.

*Reading stories with children has benefits for grown-ups too. The special time you spend reading together promotes bonding and helps to build your relationship. This is important for your child’s developing social and communication skills.*