This activity is very quick to put together and you only need what's lying round you house (which is rather handy when some things are in short supply in the shops [e.g. flour for salt dough]) Grab a tray, or basket if you don't have one, and find about 10 to 15 objects round the house. Ensure they are fairly small as you need to be able to cover them up easily. Suggestions: - Pencil/Pen - Eraser - Torch - Finger Puppet - Baby Socks - Small Ornament - Watch - Thread Spool - Toy Car - Coin - Lego Figure - Tea Light Candle - Button Just the setting up for this activity by collecting various items for this definitely piqued the interest of my toddler! So although you can prepare it all beforehand, feel free to do it 'off-the-cuff' and build the interest (e.g. "We're going to do a special activity now, no peaking! Can you clear the table for us so we're ready?") Once you've got some items, make sure you have a tea towel or scarf handy to cover the items with. Place the tray on a table (or lay out the objects if you don't have one) and cover with the cloth. What to do (explain these steps to your child before you start so they know what they need to do): 1. Uncover the objects and have a good look at them. Take a few minutes to do this (but not too long) by pointing out each one and saying what it is (or get them to tell you). They can pick up the object at this point and have a good look at it but they must place it back onto the tray afterwards. 2. Cover the objects back up again so they can't be seen (cover those corners!) 3. Ask you child to name as many of the items they can without looking at under the cloth (You can either write down their answers or just remember what they guess). For this part I suggest putting a time limit on just so you're not stuck guessing for ages. 4. Uncover the objects again and see how many you remembered! If you want to you can cover the objects again and repeat the game to see if they can remember more this time. Or if you would like to play with different objects you could get your child to choose the objects and have the adults guess!
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