Help! The animals are trapped in the sticky tape and need you to rescue them!
Materials:
- Small animal figurines
- Muffin pan
- Painter’s tape
- Scissors- loop scissors | spring-loaded *optional
Instructions:
Place a small animal figurine in each section of a muffin pan. Then, use strips of painter’s tape across the opening of each section, like an X or a web, to hide the animal underneath. It’s rescue time! Invite your child to free the animal from the sticky tape. Remove the tape using your hands or cut through the tape using scissors. Continue until all the animals have been rescued!
Extension- Instead of just rescuing the animals and being done, try sorting them! Sort the animals by one feature, such as habitat (air, land, water), color, or like/dislike.
What are they learning?
- Attention & Perseverance- Maintains attention on people, things, and projects. Persists in understanding and mastering activities, even if challenging.
- Fine Motor- Builds strength and coordination of small movements in hands to pick up, squeeze, twist, cut, and manipulate tools and toys.
- Logic and Reasoning- Uses logic to solve problems.
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