Recently I noticed that Darah’s coloring and drawing is starting to look much more controlled than it used to. When she is “writing words like Mommy” her grip on the pen is very close to accurate, and she is drawing shorter, more carefully placed lines and curves. It has been very exciting to watch, but it took me a little while to figure out what has caused this progression.
But then I remembered: tonging! At Darah’s school, several of the lessons involve the use of small tongs to pick up objects and move them from one area to another. At first glance, this may not seem like a very interesting or useful exercise (at least that’s what I thought), but I have since learned that this particular type of lesson helps with the following:
- hand-eye coordination
- developing the pincer grasp
- overall strengthening of the hand muscles, which also helps prepare a child for writing
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The Pretend & Play! Healthy Foods Snack Set looks very nice!
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Ages 3-10
Race Around the Clock™ Elapsed Time Game
pizza mania math game
The New Sprouts™ Fix it! My very own tool set looks cute.
I like the Sum Swamp addition and subtraction game for my daughter.
Magnetic Time Activity Set
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Farmer’s Market Color Sorting Set is neat.
Pretend & Play Picnic Play Food Basket Set
Magnetic Time Activity Set
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Cash Bash® Electronic Flash Card™
I love the Magnetic Time Activity Set.
I would also love the Teaching Cash Register.
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The Count them Pop Corn!
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I would like to own the New Sprouts Cure it! My very own doctor set.
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Pretend & Play! Healthy Foods Snack Set
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Gears! Gears! Gears!® Old McGear’s Farm
Measuring Motors! My boys would LOVE it!
The big view bug jar
Multiplication Master Electronic Flash Card is my choice
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All of them
I’d love to own the Food Pyramid Activity Mat
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Let’s Tackle Kindergarten™
Super Sorting Pie
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science mix & measure set
I also like the Playfoam® Combo 20 Pack – by Educational Insights®.
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froggy feeding fun!
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Talking Electron Microscope™ – by Educational Insights® Talk about COOOL.
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The Luna Document camer for my class!
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Froggy Feeding Fun but there are a lot of amazing things!
Word Whiz Electronic Flash Card™
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Smart snacks counting cookies
Love the Color Mixing Glasses
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Smart snacks counting cookies!
Husband is an optometrist, so the kids would think these Color Mixing Glasses were really fun!
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All of them!
TOO MANY TO MENTION !