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Stringing Beads

While I was cleaning up one of the least successful activities I’ve done with J, I looked up and saw J sitting in his booster seat stringing beads for the first time. 

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I have never shown J how to string beads…actually it’s not an activity we’ve done.  I was reminded in this moment how good children are at just figuring things out, if given the space to do so.

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Stringing beads is great for fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, sorting, and overall cognitive development. 

You can find stringing beads lots of places.  I found mine at Target One Spot for $2.50!

There are lots of ways of presenting this activity to children.  Here are few pretty cool ways my fellow bloggers did it with their kids.

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

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  1. Having Fun

    January 25, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    I love the straws and pasta. Everything I already have at home. Love it.

    Lacing is a great hand coordination activity we’ve try trying a lot lately. We’ve also tried lacing fruit loops on a string for a necklace. My kiddos especially like lacing activities they get to eat.

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  2. Sally@DivineDistractions

    January 25, 2012 at 9:50 pm

    Good job, J! That’s my smart boy!

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