Activity
Bring in sunflower heads, cobs of corn, thistle plants, dandelions, or milkweed pods for the children to explore with tweezers or with their fingers, pulling apart the seeds.
Materials
A variety of plants and exploration tools work well for this activity. Some suggestions:
- Sunflowers
- Corn cobs
- Dandelions
- Magnifying glasses
- Plastic tweezers
Skill Building
As they explore, they are strengthening small muscles in their wrists, hands, and fingers that they need for everyday tasks like writing, buttoning, zipping, combing, using utensils, and more.
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