Hey guys,
I wanna show you two DIY materials at home that you can create and then use to teach your child the colors. We did these activities when my baby boy was one and a half but I'm sure that you can try it with your child earlier or later this age.
Learning colors is fundamental for cognitive development of toddlers. Some kids start to make the difference between colors earlier in toddlerhood while for others , it can take until age 3 before they can fully understand the difference between colors and name them.
It's our job (and responsability), as parents and educators, to create useful learning opportunities for children and also to help them grow at cognitive, psychological, physiological and social level.
Now, here is what you need for making these easy DIY learning materials:
- empty toilet paper rolls (I guess everyone has these at home
🙈) - colored paper
- wooden popsicle sticks (you can color them if you can't find them already colored) or you can replace them with straws, crayons etc.
- glue stick (to glue the colored paper to the roll of cardboard)
You just have to cut the colored paper to the same size as the cardboard roll and then glue it. The child has to make the association between colors.
Make sure to stay around, paying attention and help your kid not to get frustrated. Being so light weight, the rolls have the tendency to fall when the kid touches it or when he tries to put the wooden stick in the middle of it. :)
For the second Color Sorting Activity, I used the same colored paper rolls, but we used them differently.
Both activities require a little of fine motor skills or better said, they help toddlers in developing these skills. Plus, sorting colors activities are great to hand-eye coordination, concentration and creativity.
You'll also need a sheet of cardboard and some more colored paper, the same colors you used to make the colored rolls of toilet paper. Then you have to put it on a tray (it can be an empty box of shoes or whatever). J
For just taking a look to my photo, you'll know what you have to do and also, you can see how easy it is to create this.
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Thank you for reading,
Hopefully, these ideas are useful for you or if you don't try these, maybe you can find your own way of makin' them. :x ❤️❤️❤️
MissDeli (and a toddler) ❤️
Oh, nice! I don't remember doing this activity with my kids. hehe.
There are really lots of projects that can be made using toilet rolls! You've done a great job. I love the colors. I said it before, but I really love your photography. :)
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ENGAGEtokens.I know right??! My pinterest feed is full of DIY projects with toilet rolls. :))
Thanks again for mention my 'photography skills' lol! :X:X
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He's so cute XD
The sorting popsticks is a great idea! Never did that one either but did have a setup similar to the pegboard that someone had bought for the kids a hundred million years ago when they were that age.
That is so easy and so much fun i love the tray you did to stack the rolls in🤗great idea
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ENGAGEtokens.Yes, it is very easy to do, especially the first one. And actually, to make the tray, I fought a fight cutting circles :)))
This is so beautiful I just love the art.
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