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08-02-2011, 10:57 AM | #1 |
Rose Garden
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Ideas for fidgety listeners
I have a fidgety 6 yo and a 4 yo. The 4 yo, of course, isn't required to listen to all the readings, but she wants to participate and she's our tag-along learning.
What are your best suggestions for quiet activities to do while listening to read-alouds? I know of: coloring legos (don't really have any though) I'm thinking maybe silly putty? What other suggestions do you have? It needs to be something that's not too interactive or so interesting that she would be distracted. Just enough to distract her fidgets and let her mind focus.
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08-02-2011, 11:06 AM | #2 |
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Re: Ideas for fidgety listeners
Anything her fingers can fiddle with whilst her ears are listening
Coloring in is great. You can also get little squishy balls, or anything really that can be manipulated with fingers... |
08-06-2011, 06:39 PM | #4 |
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Re: Ideas for fidgety listeners
I'm curious too... So far, I just sit on the couch and read while they roam around the living room...we have a mini tramp in there, snack time or meal times work too.
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08-06-2011, 06:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: Ideas for fidgety listeners
stained glass window coloring books are good...not the ones with the pictures, but the Rose Windows or kaleidoscope ones http://www.amazon.com/Kaleidoscopic-...ref=pd_sim_b_6
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08-06-2011, 07:07 PM | #6 |
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Re: Ideas for fidgety listeners
An exercise balls works as well.
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