OVERVIEW
Prep time: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Easy Peasy
Estimated Cost: All home-based objects
Mess level: Non
What you need
Different kind of item that can be open and close.
Ideas include:
Tins
Purses
Containers
Small boxes
Zips
Books
Tupperware
Instructions:
Have a look around your home and use what you can find. Gather the items and play in a basket or tray, you can also put a little treasure inside a container and ask the child to find it.
Benefits:
Very similar to the above - This activity provides children with the opportunity to use their developing hand-eye coordination, concentration, and cognitive skills.
These skills benefit the children as they become more independent and develop their sense of self and capabilities.
The learning objectives for this activity are fine motor development, problem-solving, cause and effect, as well as receptive and expressive language.
Good to know:
Children discover that not every object opens the same way, which leads them to problem solve. They are also presented with the idea of cause and effect. Through trial and error as well as repetition, children discover that different actions result in different outcomes.