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Playing with the little ones is not all about the end goal. I share a lot of the activities and crafts we do on this blog but there are many other things that don’t get shared because we do a lot of open play.
Just like I want to share with you today. I was hoping to introduce the kids to a little craft I had in mind, I brought out the tray added the color Popsicle sticks I wanted to use and put it on the table while I went to get the glue.
I returned to find an activity already in progress.
My 4 year old was eager to play with the popsicle sticks and had already opened the packet and was making shapes and constructing in the tray.
I let him continue and praised him for his various shapes, color use and ideas.
This one below is a house. My 3 year old was more interested in breaking the craft sticks in half than anything else so I had to distract him with something else.
My 1 year old was also around and had taken a few sticks from her brothers. She used the lego blocks she was already playing with and added the craft sticks to the holes.
This turned into a great stick things in holes game for her.
I grabbed the plastic bottle I had cut a hole in the side of for this very reason after she got tired of the lego blocks for her to continue posting her craft sticks into.
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