Use paper plates, bags, boxes and more to help with creative thinking
and reasoning skills. Learn new ways to produce class-made books, use
digital photos, try out ideas for games and game boards, and experience
fun-filled thinking activities that introduce children to fine art.
Sample Activity
Baseball Bats: A Quick Trick with a Grocery Bag
Gather These Materials
- large grocery bags (one for each child)
- masking tape
| Where: | at a table or on the floor to make the bat |
| in a spacious area to use the bat |
How: Lay a large grocery bag flat on the table with the flap on top. Show
the children how to roll the bag into a tight stick shape by starting at
one long edge and tightly rolling to the other long edge. With each child
in turn, help the children roll their bags. Have the child hold the rolled
bag at each end while you wrap masking tape around it at the middle and at
each end. Children can use their bats with Paper Balls (see the next
trick!)
Variation:
- Encourage the children to experiment with other ways to use the paper
bats. Using smaller balls they can swing the bats like golf clubs or
croquet mallets. Encourage the children to make up their own games.
This activity helps children learn about large motor coordination,
hand-eye coordination, and reusing familiar objects in new ways.
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