Coloured Peg and Pipe Cleaner Match up

I was desperate for new pegs and saw these in the shop they are multi-coloured ones.I knew that they wouldn't end up on my washing line as the kids loved them.

This morning we had the pipe cleaners out doing a threading activity. Then I saw that we had a few colours that matched to the pegs and here we have the next activity.

I was quite impressed how quickly Zac (2.1) matched the colours and that he said the right colours.

Then I thought how can I extend this for a four year old....

He had to make a chain with the pipe cleaners using pegs to hold them together. (I had to twist the pipe cleaners in the end).

He made a big chain that he used to show shapes like a circle. We didn't manage to mage letters or numbers but this is a possibility for next time.




Dylan 4.9
Zac 2.1

Super Colander Man

This activity was aimed at getting my 2 year old to practise his fine motors skills and replicate an activity that I did with my now four year old. However Dylan my four year old took over after Zac lost interest and used his own imagination to invent a hat with lasers that a super hero would use. He threaded pipe cleaners through the colander and then added the beads (lasers) to them.

This is his angry face.

He told me that the blue was water, the red was fire and black was mud.

He then wore it out in the garden to play with but I didn't get a pic of that. He was very protective over it too.

Dylan 4.9

Pipe cleaners and beads play

Looking back at when I tried this activity with my four year old he was a little older than my 2.1 year old.
Dylan (4) at the time was very focused and vocal during the activity telling me what colours he was using. Zac just got on with it but told me the colours he wanted when probed.

 

 

I didn't manage to get any pics of Zac with the colander as Dylan started using it to make a super hero hat with lasers.

Zac is more prone to putting things in his mouth than Dylan so I had to watch his very closely. He quickly got fed up and threw the beads.

What will I try next...?
Linking in patterns
Get him to match one I have done
Count them
Match colour bead to the pipe cleaner



Zac 2.1


Here is the blog from when I did it in 2013 with Dylan.

http://littlebrightsparks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/threading-pipe-cleaners-and-beads.html

Firework fun: pipe cleaner printing

I made a pipe cleaner firework printing instrument and the rest was up to Dylan.

He dipped the pipe cleaner brush and printed onto his paper. He made firework noises at the same time.

Picture looks great. I might swap it with one of the pieces in my wall frames.

I made two but the one where I used about four pipe cleaners twisted together was better as it was more sturdy and printed better.

Dylan 3

Threading pipe cleaners and beads

I originally tried this activity when Dylan was one but I only had a few pipe cleaners and of course wasn't going to use beads . He did thread the pipe cleaners with help but wasn't very interested.

I think his interest has grown as he is older more physically capable, he can understand instructions and loves the addition of the beads.

Here he is counting the beads.

Now he is telling me the colours.

Look at the concentration!

Warning the ends are quite sharp and I wouldn't even now leave him alone with them just invase he decides to put them in his mouth.

Now he is trying to match the sequence I have made.

Searching for colours that I hint to him to get the sequence to match

Counting and identifying colours again.

I then got him to compare them to check if they match,

Dylan was more interested in threading beads and then put them into the colander .

This activity involves:-

Colour identification: we had different shades which was good for him to work out

Numeracy:- sequencing and counting

Fine motor skills: threading, picking up beads

Listening skills: giving sequences verbally

Extra ideas

To get them to predict the next bead

Sort colours/shades

Makes rainbow bracelet

Tell a story using the colours in the sequence by choosing an object of that colour.

Such as the blue dolphin had white teeth and a red and pink to tongue. He lives in the blue sea where there is lots of green seaweed. An orange boat with a black roof when sailing past and dropped a yellow net into the blue sea.

Any more ideas that you would or have tried please let me know.

Dylan 2.8