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Designing with Yarn

*Mini Class video coming at the end

Do you have yarn at home?

If you have yarn in a few different colours, great! You should try setting this INDEPENDENT activity table for your child.

Playing and Learning with Yarn

Materials

  • Yarns in different colours
  • Scissors
  • 3 small containers
  • Clear contact papers
  • Masking tape

Set Up

  • Make a small ball of yarn with each colour.

(You don’t want to leave a whole big ball of yarn with your child.)

😂

  • Put the small balls of yarn on your activity table with a scissor.
Designing With Yarn Set Up
  • Let your child cut the yarn. 

It can be done in any way, for any length. 

→Practice scissors skill

Cutting Yarn With Scissors
Cutting Yarn With Scissors
  • Give three small containers with labels on – short, medium, long.
  • Read the labels to your child and let her/him sort the cut yarn pieces into the right containers. 

→ Comparing length, focusing skills, sorting

Sorting Yarn By Length
Sorting Yarn By Length

  • If you want to add one more step to this activity, you can prepare clear contact papers.

Contact paper is a peel-and-stick paper, like a decorative wallpaper. 

Cut the contact paper in a size that you want.

I cut mine in a small square shape. But if you are setting this activity table for a young toddler, using a big square shape of contact paper would be better I think. 

Contact Papers
  • Tape the sides of contact paper so it stays on the table and your child can work on it easily. 
  • Ask this question to your child.

This paper is sticky. We can stick this on your window. How would you like to decorate this sticky paper with yarn pieces?

  • Let your child work with her/his creativity. 

→ Developing creativity, independence and self-esteem

Designing With Yarn
Designing With Yarn
Designing With Yarn

When designing is done, you can stick the decorated contact papers on your child’s window. 

Yarn Design

It’s very easy to give directions to our kids during activity for a better result. BUT try to stop yourself (I had to stop myself and go back to the beginning of the activity while I was designing it.🤐)  I try hard to provide process-focused activities so that our children can develop creativity and independence. 

Just set up the activity table, explain the materials (and labels 😉) and step back and relax. 

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Do you want to do this activity with Missangela?

Sit in a quiet place and watch.😊

(We learn “5 Worms Song” as well!!)

Happy learning and quality time!

Missangela 👩🏻🎀

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