Tonging (Part II)

As mentioned in the previous post, here’s the follow-up tonging session after I managed to buy colourful pompoms! Makes tonging so much more interesting as she can tong according to colours!
The first colour she decided to tong out: BROWN

Here’s the packet of pompoms ($3) from Golden Dragon, People’s Park Centre
Giving mummy her favourite colour: PINK! πŸ™‚

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Tonging (Part I)

*Overdue post – activity conducted on 24 October*
This simple activity of tonging cotton balls hones the tot’s fine motor skills, in particular, learning how to control fine finger motion.
I used cotton balls at first as I didn’t have anything else that was suitable. The next post will show another tonging activity with different coloured pompoms. πŸ™‚
Transferring items using tongs

What you need for the activity:
  1. a pair of small tongs
  2. two containers
  3. cotton balls (about 10)
  4. an inquisitive tot πŸ™‚

The setup:
Tongs from NTUC:

Tot at work:
After she tonged all the balls, she proceeded to pour all back into the first container
Ta-da! πŸ™‚ Multiple balls!
*Updated pics of alternative tongs from Ikea*:

Play pretend utensils from Ikea, Kids section
The set of utensils:

18Nov
Alicia using the new tools:

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