Who doesn't like playing in a cardboard box? Apparently, Alyssa. But, she loved playing with it. For this super easy activity, we took a big box, cut a slot in the side (about 4 inches by 1.5 inches), and found some of their toys that would easily fit through. Later, we found some that had a tighter fit.
Pretty much, this activity is an easier version of the shape sorting toys. Alyssa is starting to figure out her plastic shape sorter, but Abby is not even close. She is behind on her fine motor control and still eats everything. So this activity was perfect for both of them. We have some small letters which fit through the hole if you rotate them, but are too wide to fit through when flat. It was simple enough that they could both figure it out, but they still had to think about it.
We had the slot on the top at first, so they could drop the toys into the box. Alyssa would peer down trying to see where it went. Abby liked to crawl inside the box, too. After a while we rotated the box so that the slot was on the side. Abby was in heaven! She sat in the box and peaked through, reached her hand through, passed me letters, and babbled away. She was so happy. We tried putting Alyssa in the box, but she screamed and screamed. Alyssa only wanted to play with the outside of the box. Despite being twins, these girls are complete opposites sometimes.
This was an awesome activity which could easily be adapted to the level of your kid by cutting larger or smaller holes or specifically shaped holes.
I've put the box away for a few days, but I am excited to play this again!
Pretty much, this activity is an easier version of the shape sorting toys. Alyssa is starting to figure out her plastic shape sorter, but Abby is not even close. She is behind on her fine motor control and still eats everything. So this activity was perfect for both of them. We have some small letters which fit through the hole if you rotate them, but are too wide to fit through when flat. It was simple enough that they could both figure it out, but they still had to think about it.
We had the slot on the top at first, so they could drop the toys into the box. Alyssa would peer down trying to see where it went. Abby liked to crawl inside the box, too. After a while we rotated the box so that the slot was on the side. Abby was in heaven! She sat in the box and peaked through, reached her hand through, passed me letters, and babbled away. She was so happy. We tried putting Alyssa in the box, but she screamed and screamed. Alyssa only wanted to play with the outside of the box. Despite being twins, these girls are complete opposites sometimes.
This was an awesome activity which could easily be adapted to the level of your kid by cutting larger or smaller holes or specifically shaped holes.
I've put the box away for a few days, but I am excited to play this again!
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