Book-Based Activities Fine Motor Activities

diary of a worm small motor activity

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this week, we read the hilarious book, Diary of a Worm by Harry Bliss.  the worm character is just so cute.  there are quite a few play on words and twists of cliche’s that are funny. 

in the story, the little worm and his classmates make macaroni necklaces.  if you look in the picture below, you can see that they only need one macaroni.  after we read it, Bear and i made macaroni necklaces.  of course, we needed more than one macaroni 🙂

  
this is one of those tRiED aNd tRUe activities that many of us did as a child.  i like oLd sChOOL activities like this because they’re simple, they use materials that most of us already have, and they are memory-makers
since we didn’t dye the noodles first, we colored them with permanent markers when we were done.  i’ll post a pic of us wearing them in the morning after church.
what’s your favorite “old school” activity
to do with your children?

 

 

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Andie Jaye

Andie Jaye is a former preschool teacher turned stay-at-home mom of 3 kiddos. Her blog, Do.Play.Learn., (formerly named Crayon Freckles), focuses on creative learning and play ideas, as well as parenting topics. Andie strives to be honest in her approach and experiences in parenting to let other moms know that they are not alone in their struggle. In her free time, she writes children’s books in hopes of publishing someday.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    I just did this craft with my homeschool K class, they loved making them and having a nice necklace on.

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  4. Just found your blog through the live.laugh.rowe blog hop! I loved reading through some of your blog! I'm so glad to have found a fellow rainbow brite enthusiasts :), seriously I loved her when I was a kid – sheets, bedspread and all. I totally love old school activities like this. My son is only 18 months but this past christmas we made salt dough ornaments together, it was so much fun and he discovered that salt dough tastes nasty. Have a great week!

  5. This is so great that you posted this today! This book has been read over and over and over in my house over the past few days. My kids love it!! And all the adults who read it appreciate it just as much if not more!

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  7. this is a fun activity for every generation…like home made play dough!
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  8. NOthing better than going old school! 🙂 Hmm, perhaps growing the grass hair on a sticking "head" is a favourite old one. What is this networking blog hop? Sounds like I need to get onto it! 😀

  9. Old school is the only way to go! One of my fav's is making pompom caterpillars! LOL! Thanks for posting this at the weekly kids co-op!

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