Thursday, October 15, 2015

Hands-On Learning : With Ear Buds/Q -tip


                      Q Tip Painting ABC Printables http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.net/2013/05/q-tip-painting-alphabet-printables/

Ear Buds or Q tips are one of the most easily available and inexpensive items, so today let’s explore ways to use the therapeutic benefits of Ear buds for our children. The image above shows a child painting with Ear buds/Q tip, this develops pincer grasp, fine motor skills and eye hand coordination. You will need Ear buds and liquid water colours or water colours in tube, something like this , just dissolve a little water colour in water and you have liquid water colours.

There are great printables available for free online, just follow the links to download them :

http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.net/2013/05/q-tip-painting-alphabet-printables/

http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/free-q-tip-prewriting-printables/

http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/q-tip-painting-with-templates/

http://www.totschooling.net/2015/01/valentines-q-tip-painting-printables.html

I also found another interesting activity to do with Ear Buds/Q tips, take a look :

Awesome Busy Bag for Kids! Make Q-tip snowflakes!!

Looks interesting, doesn’t it? These are patterns  of snowflakes with Q tips/Ear buds, that your child can copy. You can get these pattern card printables for free here :

http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/holiday-busy-bags/ 

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