We don’t normally have sweet cereal in our home, but on a whim I bought some a few weeks ago thinking it would be an easy craft/snack to get out on a busy day. I think this was brand new to Sweet Pea and didn’t realize how much fun learning he’d have with the circles!
One afternoon when the kids needed distracting, I got out the pipe cleaners (I know they are called something else nowadays, but I grew up calling them this and just can’t change!) Cutie Pie patiently showed Sweet Pea how to lace the cereal onto the sticks and both boys got to work. In fact, Sweet Pea revisited this activity several afternoons in a row he liked it so much! (His fine motor coordination improved so much just in the few times he had fun with this!)
The boys didn’t just lace. They counted how many they had on the table. Counted how many they laced. They counted how many they had of each color. Sweet Pea enjoyed sorting by color quite a lot!
Cutie Pie took it to the next level when he started snacking on them…he started counting how many he had, would count how many he ate, then how many he had left! I love that he began this all on his own!
I decided after this activity that sweet cereal may not become a permanent fixture in our home, but every once in a great while it’s ok because my kiddos had fun learning with it!
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