Fine motor, art, and ABC/number practice all while playing with legos!? Yes Please!
I'm always looking for different hands-on ways to practice letters. When I saw @aileenandteam use liquid colors in legos I was inspired. I decided to have Austin work on different letters and numbers (only the ones with straight lines) by carefully dropping colored water into the lego holes using eyedroppers.
I started by asking him to create the letter L, then I let him come up with other letters to try! It was a good activity for him to mentally sort which letters have only straight lines too! After he created all the letters with straight lines, he ended up wanting to create some numbers too.
I started by asking him to create the letter L, then I let him come up with other letters to try! It was a good activity for him to mentally sort which letters have only straight lines too! After he created all the letters with straight lines, he ended up wanting to create some numbers too.
It was a simple activity and something different that we hadn't done before. I found it to be a very effective way to practice creating letters and numbers while also encouraging patience and working on fine motor skills.
For Brooklyn, I just let her use the eyedropper to put different colors of water into the different lego holes. Both kids were entertained for awhile and seemed to really enjoy the activity.
To set up, give your child a small cup or bowl with water and 1 drop of food coloring in it. Hand them an eyedropper and let them create! I did 3 different colors for the kids to choose from which they found fun! I put some paper towels underneath the legos because some water did spill out occasionally. I also had some extra paper towels on hand for when water overflowed (which also happened occasionally) . This was some serious hard (and fun) fine motor work!
If you don't have eyedroppers, you could try using the tip of a paintbrush to just drop one drop of water in at a time. Another idea is using a syringe (although I haven't personally tried it that way). If you are interested in the eyedroppers we used in this activity (we use them all the time), you can head over to my blog and see the affiliate link to ours.
Do you think your children would like this activity?
If you don't have eyedroppers, you could try using the tip of a paintbrush to just drop one drop of water in at a time. Another idea is using a syringe (although I haven't personally tried it that way). If you are interested in the eyedroppers we used in this activity (we use them all the time), you can head over to my blog and see the affiliate link to ours.
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