Here are a few Home Depot materials you can pick up for your child that make great activities.
PVC Pipe – In my 4th grade classroom I used these for students who preferred or needed to read out loud. They hold the pvc pipe like a phone and it magnifies their voice so much that they really only need to whisper to hear themselves read. For B, it works great as a pretend phone and for some reason he thinks he needs to yell while he is on the real phone so I’m hoping that by practicing with this that it might help solve the problem.
Mickey Mouse Paint Chips – These Mickey Mouse paint chips are perfect for a memory game or a matching game. I got 2 each of the primary colors and we started learning the concept of Memory with just 6 of them.
Paint Sticks (Not Pictured) – I recently grabbed a handful of the sticks you mix your paint with. B was playing with them and started making letters. Why not give your child 4 or 5 of these sticks and challenge them to see how many letters they can make!
Chocolate on my Cranium
Friday 13th of November 2009
The u-bend pvc pipe is brilliant! I have several girls that like to read aloud when doing their work. They'll enjoy this!
Jenny
Friday 13th of November 2009
Great ideas. My daughter loves to pick up paint chips at the hardware store.
Jeanette
Friday 13th of November 2009
I picked up some paint strips awhile back but have not gotten around to doing anything with them yet. I will have to pick up some of the Micky paint samples for sure My kids will love playing with those!
Jennifer
Thursday 12th of November 2009
I like that phone idea!
vanessa
Thursday 12th of November 2009
Oh, I am going to keep that clothespin color matching idea for later--when we master the clothespin! :) But I think we could do the mickey color cards and try a mini round of memory--great ideas! I love it.