Magic Writing!

For this activity I painted the bottom of two shallow cardboard boxes -- one for Grace and one for Jack.  Once the paint dried I added just enough cornstarch to cover the paint at bottom of the boxes.  Jack used his box to practice drawing lines and circles (his favorite) as well as to dig and play.  The fun part of this activity was how the colors magically appeared underneath the cornstarch as Jack drew and played!  Jack had a great time drawing with his fingers, hands, sticks, rocks, and this shovel.

 

Grace has really been enjoying writing letters, words, and her name recently.  I knew she would enjoy practicing writing in a whole new way with this activity.  Grace loved writing her name and three letter words in the cornstarch.  Grace was so excited to see bright colors appear as she wrote her letters.  In the picture above Grace is writing the word cat.  I love how this activity encourages writing in a whole new fun way.  It's such a great sensory activity too!