An Indoor Play Activity
Most of us negotiate the world by means of sight and sound – so much so that we often ignore the rich textures about us.
Materials Required:
- Paper bag
- Household items
Instructions:
Most of us negotiate the world by means of sight and sound – so much so that we often ignore the rich textures about us.
This game will help your kids stay tuned to the rich world of touch, and have plenty of fun in the process.
Place a number of common objects into a paper bag.
You might select favorite toys and/ or stuffed animals; household objects such as sponges or kitchen utensils; food items such as celery stalks, carrots, cucumbers, and so on.
Then have your children feel inside the bag without looking and try to identify the objects.
Give clues, if needed, and gear the selection of items in the bag to your child’s experience and abilities.
You can increase the challenge by having your kids identify similar objects by touch. For example, show them several toy cars (or: dolls, blocks, keys … ) that are roughly the same size and shape, and then drop them into the bag.
Ask the children to identify the different items by touch alone.
Perhaps they’ll prove that the hand can indeed be quicker than the eye!
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