An Indoor Play Activity
This activity is a combination of skill and luck. It also draws on your child’s visual memory and powers of observation.
Materials Required:
- Large piece of paper
- Marker
- Bean bag
Instructions:
This activity is a combination of skill and luck. It also draws on your child’s visual memory and powers of observation.
Find a large piece of paper or posterÂboard (at least three feet by three feet).
Draw a grid on the paper with five columns and five rows; each square in the grid should be at least 6 inches across.
On the top, put characteristics like “soft,” “hard,” “smooth,” “shiny,” etc. On the left side list five colors.
Have your child stand at a designated spot and toss a bean bag onto the grid. If the bean bag falls in the square corresponding to “shiny” and “red,” he or she must find a shiny red object in the house.
Tailor the grid so it matches the objects in your house.
You can also create a grid for animals, trucks, and other things your child can name from his or her own experience. For example, an animal grid might contain qualities like “smooth skin,” “four legs,” “lives in water,” etc.
The possibilities are virtually limitless – and a grid game a day keeps boredom away!
This Childrens Indoor Play Activity is sponsored by Zane Education – the home of online Visual Learning.
