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Fine Motor Play: Pipe Cleaners and Straws

A few months ago, I put together this simple fine motor skill activity for J.Ā  I started off by cutting up a few plastic straws and sticking a few pipe cleaners in a Styrofoam block.Ā 

J’s been big into matching things lately, so I made sure that the pipe cleaners matched the colors of the straws.

Fine Motor Play: Pipe Cleaners and Straws

I didn’t explain the rules, but J knew exactly what to do.Ā 

Fine Motor Play with Pipe Cleaners and Straws

He started off immediately matching the colors and threading the straws onto the pipe cleaners.

Fine Motor Play: Pipe Cleaners and Straws

This was a fun and simple activity that is great for concentration, matching, and fine motor skills.

Fine Motor Play: Pipe Cleaners and Straws

I wish I could say that this was a huge hit, and that J loved it, but I can’t.Ā  He only wanted to match the yellow straws and then was done.Ā  I thought I’d go ahead and share it anyway because it has the potential of being a really fun game.Ā  I’m going to present this again later to see if he will play with it again.

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by Amanda 3 Comments

Filed Under: Play Tagged With: Fine Motor Play, Invitations to Play, Preschool

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  1. Rakesh Roshan

    August 31, 2013 at 1:36 am

    Nice Blog!! Great Post !! Like your Blog and your ideas and i think its benificial for us and i keep to visit your blog regularly because i got lot of information through you blog

    Plastic Pipe

    Reply
  2. Ili

    May 23, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    Thanks for this idea! My kids loved it. We had both straws and beads. I teach 3-4 year-olds, so it was the perfect chance to review colours and numbers, as well.

    Reply
    • Amanda

      May 25, 2014 at 9:13 am

      You’re welcome! I’m glad you guys liked it…we did too šŸ™‚

      Reply

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