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Monday, May 21, 2012

A Fine Day for Fine Motor

 As we often talk about, fine motor development happens in lots of different ways besides just drawing and writing, and today we worked with inter-locking links, which was a very tricky fine motor-task.
measuring Fran with links

 We also revisited the clay, today working with slabs of clay and wooden tools. The Turtles found many different ways to manipulate the clay from scoring the surface, to tearing chunks, and from pinching pieces to rubbing the surface, again building their fine motor strength and coordination.







 In the garden, we discovered that some tomatoes and lettuce had sprouted, and that a red radish was developing!
 And then we were off to Missy for a Bear Hunt, a game of Dodge Ball, some free play with balls and hula hoops, and of course, stretching.









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