We are stayin' busy with busy bags! Busy bags are cheap home made activities that can fit into a gallon ziploc bag. I participated in a busy bag swap. I chose an activity and made 11 of those bags. Then, I went to the swap and received a bag from each of the other moms. We now have 11 new activities to try out! Jet is still a little young for most of them but we did 2 of the activities this week. The first one is the one I made. It's a plastic bottle with beads in it. The idea is when he gets older he can dump the beads out and put them back in the bottle. I would imagine this helps develop fine motor skills as well as keep him busy for a while. However, right now it is used as a maraca :)
This is the latest skill.. carrying things in his mouth so his hands are free.
The next activity is called rainbow rice. We have 5 different colors but we just used one, the green. I never realized it but Jet has never put his hands in rice! At first he was quite timid but once he realized it's not sticky (he doesn't like his hands being sticky) he dug right in.
Some rice stuck to his hands and he didn't like it... so he picked it off :)
Once he realized I wasn't going to make him keep it in the bowl, it all ended in his lap.
Picking off more rice.
Good sensory learning. I love little hands.
Looking forward to using our other busy bags!!
