Pumpkin Patch
Builds on: hand strengthening, sensory development, vocabulary
What you'll need:
1 package of cream filled chocolate cookies- cream removed
1 package of candy pumpkins
A large spoon
Rectangular container
Small cultivator/ hand rake
Toy tractor
What to do:
Place
just the chocolate cookies into the container and hand your Roo the
large spoon while you inconspicuously dispose of the creamy centers...in
your mouth. Just kidding. Sort of. Show your Roo how to use the spoon
to crack, smash and crumble the cookies into tiny pieces so that it
looks like soil. Place the tractor in the "soil" and the opened bag of
candy pumpkins on the side with the small cultivator. You can bury the
pumpkins and have your kids dig them out. You can read a story about
farming or growing pumpkins and then let them reenact it or you can just
set them loose and see what happens. Either way it's a fun activity
that will help to strengthen little hands with all the smashing and
provide a fun dramatic activity with multiple sensory elements.
*Don't forget to talk about how it smells, feels and even tastes to help develop the senses and build descriptive vocabulary. 
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