Corn Theme Activities

Practical Life

I set out some Indian corn colored beads for S and J to spoon.  They spent a lot of time doing this.  I was sort of surprised that they enjoyed this so much still.

Little J let us borrow a Lego board for our next activity.  I placed some crayon rocks, the Lego board, and some yellow construction paper on a tray.  I love crayon rocks.  Since they are small and round, they pretty well force the user to hold them in  a pencil grip.  If you try to hold them in a fist you generally cover the crayon and can't get to the color.

I showed them how to place the paper over the Lego board and rub the crayons across it.  It makes a great pattern of corn.  I cut them into corn shapes and the kids glued dried corn husks to them.  (My husband saw the corn husks drying and excitedly asked, "Are you going to make tamales?"  Sorry dear.

Fine Motor/Math

Using the same Indian corn colored beads, I made a pattern on a chenille stem and demonstrated how to string the beads on the stem and follow the pattern.  Sassyfras loved doing this activity and caught right on to the pattern.  Juiciness just wanted to string the beads and not follow the pattern.  It was clear he understood the pattern, he just wanted to do his own thing.

We turned them into little bracelets by twisting the ends together and trimming them.

You can see the rest of our "Corn Theme Week" here.

Linking to:  Red Ted Art, ABC and 123, Montessori Monday, The Sunday Showcase, Link and Learn