Letter B Collage
M is getting really good with his letter sounds. He breezed through our first activity, which was making a collage out of pictures from store flyers of things that start with the letter B.
Button Sorting
The next day I got out our collection of buttons and had M sort them, by colour and size, using a muffin tin.
sorting buttons by colour
Sorting buttons by size (smallest-largest). This was a bit more challenging for M.
Tactile Letter B
As M was busy sorting buttons, I cut out a letter B from cardstock so he could glue his buttons onto it. M’s button B will be joining the other tactile letters he has made for his word wall in his room.
Button-Snake
The following morning I set out a button-snake and observed as M tried to get the felt shapes onto the ribbon. To make our button-snake I sewed a button onto either end of a ribbon I already had, and then cut out different shapes from pieces of felt. I made a slit in the middle of each shape so the buttons could slip through them easily. M actually struggled quite a bit with this activity and was becoming pretty frustrated. This will be a fine-motor activity we will have to keep revisiting until his finger dexterity, and overall patience, improves.
And that’s how I kept my oldest bug busy with buttons and the letter B!
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I’ve been thinking of trying to make Bug a busy mat. With button holes, snaps, zippers and buckles etc. It may be a bit early though, eh? If M was having difficulty with the buttons. Was he essentially trying to “button” them or just slip the button/ribbon through the shapes?
Also… as it was B week… I was surprised your B didn’t make an appearance! 🙂
Love what you do!
Thanks so much Ali! I have a confession… I can’t sew (I just do buttons) so I admire true crafty people like yourself! I think L would love to play with the snaps, buckles and zippers (the buttons may be a bit challenging, but girls are faster learners aren’t they? ;))
Little B was there for part of it, but he kept putting the felt shapes in his mouth and making M even more frustrated. He has 6 teeth coming in at the same time, so he’s busy putting EVERYTHING in his mouth (which is why I didn’t trust him near the buttons either)!
For the button-snake, M had to push the button through the felt shapes and then thread them through the ribbon. He’s struggling with holding the shapes in one hand, and pushing the button through with the other. He’s not very coordinated yet 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog! I’m looking forward to seeing new posts from your blog too. You are full of great ideas!