Melting Rainbow

Purpose:

This activity promotes fine motor control and strengthens the small muscles of the child’s hand.

Skills: Crossing Midline(?) The ability to move ones hands, feet, and eyes not only together, but across and to the other side of the body., Fine Motor Control, Finger Strength, Visual Motor
Materials: Chalk, Dry Erase Board, Dry Erase Markers, Easel, Squirt Bottle, Water

Using the markers or chalk, have the child color a rainbow or any other drawing appropriate to the child on the dry erase board/easel.

Use the squirt bottle to squirt the board/rainbow with water, the water causes the marker/chalk to run a.k.a. melt the rainbow.

Note: this activity would work best outside as it can get quite messy.

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