Touch This Shape! Feel the Letter!
Prep:聽15 Minutes | Activity Time: 10 Minutes
Using textured surfaces and bright colors is a great way to introduce your baby to letters and shapes! Books are strongly recommended to help with the development of this skill, but even everyday materials from your home can be used to help with鈥痩etter knowledge. This do-it-yourself鈥痚asy touch-and-feel board will quickly become a favorite toy!
- 1 piece of cardboard (about the size of a large cereal box; the larger, the better)聽
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- Textured materials (a fabric piece, sand paper, aluminum foil, cotton balls, etc.)聽
- 1 gel bag (using a sandwich-sized sealable zip bag, place about 录 cup of hair gel in the bag and seal it well with very little to no air in the bag)聽
- Clear packing tape聽
- Painter鈥檚 tape (for mounting 鈥 optional)聽
Preparation鈥
Step 1:聽Take your large cardboard piece and cut out two or three鈥痵hapes plus the first letter in your child鈥檚 name.聽
Step 2:聽Turn the board over and place the textured materials over the shapes and letter that you cut out. Then secure the materials very well by sticking the materials tightly (with barely any gaps between the material and the board) with the clear packing tape; feel free to be very generous with the tape!聽
Step 3:聽When attaching the gel bag, be sure to use a generous amount of packing tape to make sure the bag can last and not tear on the sides.聽
Step 4:聽If your baby is just learning how to stand on his own, you can mount your touch-and-feel board on a wall or sliding glass door by using painter鈥檚 tape.聽
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Step 1:聽Show your baby the touch-and-feel board and allow him to explore it for a bit.聽
Step 2:聽While he is touching the shape or letter, point to it and tell him what he is looking at and how it feels. For example, you might say:聽
鈥淭his is the shape of a star. It feels so smooth! Look how shiny it is.鈥澛
鈥淵ou鈥檙e touching the letter R, like in your name, Roman! It feels very rough.鈥澛
Step 3:聽Continue to play until he signals that he is ready for something new.聽