Hair's what else is new: Part 2

Here is Part 2 of the new Practical Life activities I made using hair accessories from the dollar store.  As I was writing this post I realized that I have used hair accessories before to make a new activity and it was actually that activity which inspired this new one.  Back in December I had the children stretch red, green and white hair scrunchies over a jar.  At the time I didn't know if they would even like doing the activity.........it was a total experiment.  It turns out they really liked it.  You can see the post about it here.

Okay, so when I saw the teeny scrunchies at the dollar store, I remembered that I had some extra wooden rolling pins that one of the grandpas of one of my students had made for us to use with playdough (Thanks, Lyle M!).  And I thought back to my December scrunchie-on-a-jar activity and came up with this.  I color-coded the dowels by coloring the ends with magic marker.  Then I put them in a basket on the tray with the scrunchies in another container.  There are 10 scrunchies of each color.

 

Here's a close-up of the colored ends of the dowels.

 

And here you can see what it looks like when the scrunchies are stretched onto the dowel.  This is a great fine-motor activity that uses both hands.  It is great for children who haven't yet determined handedness as it requires them to decide that one hand will be the "helper" and one will be the dominant hand for stretching the scrunchies.  It also works the finger muscles which is great preparation for writing.

Comments

[kristin]

i love this! found your blog after googling for a chocolate play dough recipe.

thanks!

[Michelle]

Hi, I really like your blog. I am finding many ideas to incorporate into my tot-school and preschool. Thank you for taking to time to share your journey! I'll be sure to link back to your site when I use your ideas
:-)
Michelle

[Elizabeth: The Double D's: Life with Dirk and Derek]

Great idea! :)

[Jamie]

I need to get to the Dollar store this week! I really love these ideas.

[Bonnie]

This is a great activity to develop fine motor skills!!

[Brandy C.]

I love these hair post! It's great because I can use things that are around my house.

[Leptir]

Thanks for new ideas! All your posts are great and very helpfull.