by Jan Jones
Scrunch Bag
(Suitable for 4-18 months of age)
Materials
Mesh onion or citrus bag
Different coloured cellophane scraps (save cellophane wrapping from gifts)
String or wool
Large needle
Instructions
Cut mesh bag to size required (about 30cm X 40 cm gives an easily held bag)
Sew up one side by weaving string through mesh holes with the needle or fingers.
Stuff cellophane scraps into the bag.
Sew up other end and tie ends of string securely.
Value to the child:?Stimulates child?s senses of sound, sight and touch.
Children learn by:
- Feeling
- Moving
- Seeing
- Listening
- Smelling
- Tasting
- Experimenting
- Realising
- Deciding
- Memorising
Other home made toys:
Some things to feel
Soft toys, balls made from scrap and filled with old stockings
Dolls from socks
Small toys tied to elastic and stretched where baby can reach
Your hands massaging back at bathtime
Their hands
Different textures ? soft,, hard, furry, smooth
Games to play with babies
Look and listen
Peek-a-boo
Roley-poley
Where?s it gone?
Toy hold and drop
Names and nonsense conversation
?Hold my fingers?
?Watch me working?
Clap hands
Ride-a-cock-horse
Rock a Bye baby
?Smile and laugh?
?Where are your feet??
?This little piggy?
Nursery rhyme games
Where?s baby?
Cuddling baby
Games to play when I?m crawling
Large balls?? ?? including material-stuffed stockings or socks
- - mesh bags stuffed with crinkly paper
- ? rolled up newspaper
Blocks ? use milk cartons covered with coloured paper
Toys that move
Junk box filled with safe odds and ends
Tiny things that can be safely swallowed? e.g. sultanas
Plastic bottles in the bath.
Colanders in the bath.
Sponges in the bath.
Magic box ? empty tissue box filled with soft scarves or pieces of material ? baby can pull out material and then? you can refill it.
Lots of cuddles.
What homemade toys do you use with your little one?
What has been a surprise hit?
Jan Jones
Jan Jones is an Early Childhood Educator
Source: http://www.babyhintsandtips.com/trial/2012/09/10/early-childhood-tips-simple-home-made-toys/
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