In a small and shallow container mix a few drops of food color with water.
Have the child squeeze the eyedropper to collect some colored water from the shallow container and then squeeze it again into the sections of the ice cube tray.
Once all the ice cube tray sections are filled, place the tray in the freezer.
For this activity, you need 2 players (adult and child or two children).
Sit or stand across from each other at a table.
Each person should hold a plastic cup in one hand.
One person rolls a marble to the other person at a slow pace.
The second person places their cup on top of the marble trapping the marble under the cup.
Then they push their cup towards the first person sending the marble rolling to them at a moderate pace.
Then the first person captures the marble and this back and forth game continues on.
This activity can be graded by using a tennis ball or a ping-pong ball instead of the marble as well as using a large round container instead of the plastic cup.
In addition, you can be rolling the ball fast or slow, follow a path when passing the ball from one another, catching the ball as it rolls off the edge of the table, or using your hands instead of cups.
We made this version of an American flag, using red and blue paint, marbles, and aluminum foil pan.
Tape a piece of construction paper to the bottom of the aluminum foil pan.
We will use another piece of construction paper to create a template that will help separate the red paint and the blue paint on the flag.
Ask the child to cut a rectangle shape from the construction paper. Keep both pieces of the construction paper.
Tape the small rectangle template on the top right corner.
Dip the marbles in blue color or squeeze blue color on the construction paper in a few spots.
Place the marbles in the aluminum foil pan and ask the child to move the foil pan from side to side to create long blue lines.
Remove the small rectangle template and place the rest of the construction paper on top of the blue colored lines.
Dip marbles in red color or squeeze red color on the construction paper in a few spots.
Place the marbles in the aluminum foil pan and ask the child to move the foil pan from side to side.
Remove the construction paper to uncover the American flag.
Label each roll or tube by color.
Attach the tubes onto a wall, door, or window using some tape or clear self-adhesive magic cover.
Place pom-poms in a container.
Ask the child to kneel while sorting the colored pom-poms into the right tube.
Use tongs to work on hand strength and grasp.
Place two containers or buckets on opposite sides of the room or the area you play at.
Fill up one of the containers with water.
You may add food coloring if you wish.
Have the child transfer the water from one container to the other using a squeeze bottle or an eyedropper.
