The same is true for understanding words and concepts, in this case the notion of an opposite.
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*Note: We dont advise leaving your child alone with scissors.
These activities are aimed at children from approximately 18 months 5 years.
It is teaching your child the opposites Full vs Empty.
Simply place a bowl of pom poms next to two containers and get them to fill up one container.
Show them how to use the tweezers if they have never used them before.
This is fine as their finger muscle strength is still developing.
Snap one bit of spaghetti pasta in half, making sure they are both the same length.
Then push each one into its own play dough ball so that it stands upright on its own.
Show your child now to thread the hoops on to the spaghetti.
Ask them to make one tall and one short hoop tower.
Simply just replace it with another one.
This way if they fill up both towers they will see that one is taller than the other.
Now get your child to cut strips of coloured paper with some scissors.
Help them with their hand positioning on the scissors.
Sat beside them demonstrate how to weave the paper strips by completing a couple of lines while they watch.
For more great activities and fun learning with opposites, watch our Caities Classroom episode all about opposites!
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