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Pre-Writing Activities with Squishy Bags is a great way to target writing skills without using paper and pencils. It is providing a fun and exciting way to invite children to practice writing letters, numbers, their name, drawing pictures, shapes and words. Children can practice hand and finger movements for pre-writing development on the squishy bag.
We have included with this activity a free Printable Number and Shapes Flip Book that will provide a resource for children to trace and copy certain strokes and markings onto the squishy bag.
What you will need?
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You will need a squishy bag (How to make Squishy Bag? here) and a cotton bud (also known as Q-tip).
See below for the link to download and print the Number and Shapes Flip Books. You will also need a hole punch and curtain ring to create the flip book.
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To make the Number and Shapes Flip Books, we cut out the printable and laminated each card. After cutting the laminated cards out again, we hole punched a small hole in each corner and threading them onto a curtain ring.
Click on the links to download and print:
Let’s Play
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Some Ideas:
- Let their imaginations run free to draw, create shapes, lines and patterns on the squishy bag.
- Use a soft paint brush or a cotton wool bud (Q-Tip) to write your name, letters, numbers and shapes.
- Trace your finger over the shapes and numbers on the flip book before drawing them onto the squishy bag.
- Place the squishy bag onto a light table/panel.
- If the squishy bag keeps moving while drawing, sticky tape the sides of the bag to a flat surface.
- Placing a white sheet of paper underneath the squishy bag will also help the drawings present clearer.
- Use words such as: up, down, straight line and around to describe how to form the numbers and shapes.
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Our Printable Number Flip book contains numbers from 0-20. I have done this so that the flip book can be used with a wider age range of children. In the beginning I would only introduce numbers 0-3 and add on as the child grows and develops. Presenting too many numbers at once can be overwhelming for a child who is not ready and will quickly loose interest.
Lets Learn
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Learning Opportunities
- Fine motor & pre-writing – making marks, drawings, letters, numbers, etc. on the squishy bag.
- Hand-Eye Coordination and Control
- Cause and Effect
- Concentration
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Thank you for the wonderful ideas. Much of your ideas rehearsing at home with my daughters. I could have your ideas, which we do with the girls to photograph and publish it on your blog for a Czech mother? Thank Jana