Foil Push Bead Garden
Purpose
This activity is designed to build fine motor strength and precision. Pushing the tee through the resistant foil gives your child great sensory feedback (proprioception). Balancing the small bead on the tee requires excellent control and focus. Holding the pan steady with the other hand encourages strong bilateral hand use and proximal stability. This game helps improve aiming skills necessary for writing and self-feeding tasks.
Activity Steps
Steps:
- Place the Aluminium Foil Pan flat on the table. Use markers to draw a few small dots randomly on the pan’s bottom surface. These dots are your targets.
- Set the pile of Beads and Golf Ball Tees next to the pan in a Plastic Container.
- Hold the pan firmly with your helper hand. Pick up one Golf Ball Tee using a pincer grasp.
- Pick up one bead and carefully balance it on the narrow end of the Golf Ball Tee.
- Aim the tee and bead toward a marker dot. Use a strong, steady push to pierce the foil and drop the bead inside the pan.
- Repeat this action until all the target dots have a bead successfully ‘planted’ through the foil.
Safety Tip:
Beads and golf tees are small, hard objects. They pose a choking hazard for children under five. Constant and direct adult supervision is required throughout this activity.
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