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Your lesson

Fine Motor: Feed the Elephant

You will need:

• Make an elephant from the Feed the Elephant PDF

• Paper plate

• Tape and scissors to prepare the elephant

• Paper towel roll

• Peanuts

• Chopsticks

  

The Activity:

Feed the elephant peanuts using chopsticks. Count out the correct number of peanuts.

 

Goals:

Children practice using chopsticks to help develop the grasp on writing tools. They also work on counting skills.

Are you ready to learn?

What you need to do:

To prepare this activity cut out ears for your elephant as well as eyes and stick them on a paper plate. Stick a paper towel roll for the trunk. Now you are ready to play!

Step 1: Pick a card and identify the number
Step 2: Use your chopsticks to pick up the correct number of peanuts.
Step 3: Feed the peanuts to the elephant from his trunk using the chopsticks

Keep track of your amazing progress!

You are a Miss Mancy Little Learner!

It’s always so fun to keep track of how much we have accomplished! Make sure to print out the Little Learner’s Chart and check off each class you complete!

Parents!

If you try any activity with your child, please take pictures and post on Instagram and TAG me! @MissMancyInc