We use pom poms in our house quite often. We started when Zayit was about 18 months old with a simple busy activity of stuffing pom poms through a hole in the top of a small container. Such a simple activity, but I have gotten hours of quiet time over the last year or so. He even takes his little container in the car with him. We count pom poms, sort pom poms by size, sort them by color, glue them to paper plates, use them for crafts... we do a lot with them.
Recently we were running low, so I ordered a BIG bag of pom poms. They arrived today! What a fun sensory experience!
I think he likes his new supply of pom poms!
I've gotten that bag for the library several times, but never thought to just let the kids go wild with all of them. It is now on my To Do list!
ReplyDeleteWe have dumped our container of pom poms out more times than I care to admit since we received them! I'm still finding pom poms in nooks and crannies of the room :) Have fun!
DeleteWhat a brilliant idea, that certainly is a lot of pompoms.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I can't actually take credit for it - it was all my little dude! He took the bag and went right to it! It was my job to resist the temptation to tell him 'no'.
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