Visual Perception

The Spaghetti Baking Cup Forest

Steps:

Press a large lump of playdough onto the paper plate.
Flatten it with your hand to make a base.
Push five dry spaghetti sticks into the dough.
Carefully poke a hole in the bottom of a baking cup.
Slide the cup upside down onto a spaghetti stick.
Repeat this until all your trees have tops.
Use your pinching fingers to glue a button on top.

Safety Tip:
Spaghetti can be brittle and sharp. Buttons are a choking hazard. Always supervise your child during play.

Rainbow Ribbon Wall Weave

Girl weaving a red ribbon through slits in a cardboard panel taped to the wall at shoulder height

Steps:

Draw five long vertical lines on your cardboard.
Use your scissors to cut a slit along each line.
Make sure the slits are wide enough for the ribbon.
Use masking tape to stick the cardboard to a wall.
Put it at your child’s shoulder height.
Give your child a colorful ribbon.
Show them how to poke the ribbon through the first slit.
Help them weave it over and under across the slats.
Repeat this with all the different colors!

Safety Tip:
Adult supervision is needed while using scissors. Ensure the cardboard is taped tightly to the wall so it does not fall.

The Foil Caterpillar Match

Steps:

Tear off a long sheet of Aluminium Foil.
Use both hands to roll and squeeze the foil into a long, thick snake shape.
Use your markers to draw six colorful spots along the caterpillar’s back.
Color the tips of six clothespins to match the spots on the caterpillar.
Ask your child to hold the foil body with one hand.
Have them use their other hand to clip a matching leg onto each colored spot.
Challenge them to stand the caterpillar up on its new legs!

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Ensure the edges of the foil are pressed flat to avoid scratches.

Shiny Shape Impression Match

Steps:

Tape a large sheet of aluminium foil onto a flat piece of cardboard.
Select five buttons with different shapes or textures from your collection.
Ask your child to press each button firmly into the foil to leave a mark.
Remove all the buttons and place them into a small basket.
Challenge your child to pick a button and match it back to its shiny foil home.
Encourage them to feel the foil marks with their fingertips before choosing.

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child during play. Small buttons are a choking hazard and should be kept away from the mouth.

Shimmering Foil Scale Match

Steps:

Draw a large fish shape on your piece of cardboard using a marker.
Help your child cut out the fish shape with the scissors.
Draw several colorful dots on the fish body to look like scale spots.
Give your child a sheet of aluminium foil to hold with both hands.
Ask them to tear off small squares of foil to make scales.
Squeeze a dot of glue onto each colorful spot on the fish.
Use pinching fingers to press a foil scale onto every glue dot.

Safety Tip:
Always supervise your child while they are using scissors. Ensure the edges of the foil are pressed down flat to prevent any tiny scratches.