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Coffee Filter Hearts

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:

Coffee Filter Hearts

Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

Toddlers

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with preschoolers and school-age children.

Objectives:  

Children will:

• create a unique piece of artwork.
• develop fine motor skills by grasping and manipulating a marker.

Coffee Filter Hearts

CDA Competency Standard:   

II.7.4a

• Candidate promotes individual expression and creativity
  • ​​​a) Encourages creative self-expression in children’s activities

Materials: 

• coffee filters
• markers
• spray bottle
• ribbon or string
• hole-punch 
• ​water

Procedure: 

• In an appropriate area, invite children to draw on the coffee filter using markers.
  
• When they are finished, spray the coffee filter with the children to show them the new “tie-dye” technique.
  
• Allow their work to dry.
  
• Cut the coffee filter into a heart shape and string along the room to showcase the children’s artwork. 

Assessment: 

• Observe and record the children as they are creating. How are their fine motor skills developing? Are they able to control the marker and draw? 

Note: Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care. Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children. Toddlers require special caution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow toddlers to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard. ​​​

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Infant and Toddler Activity

Washing Dishes

• Social Awareness: Small Group, 16 to 36 months
  
• Goals: To increase social awareness; to increase sensory motor skills
  
• Materials: Plastic dishes, basin, water (lukewarm)
  
• Procedure: Put the dishes in the basin and have toddlers explore the dishes. Encourage them to put the dishes in the basin, swish the water, and take them out. Talk about their actions. Ask them questions. Have at least two basins so that children can interact. Say “out” as you take a dish out and “in” as you put the dishes in. Physically guide the child’s hand, if needed. Say “Good, you took it out!” Fill the basin with a small amount of water and add a small amount of soap. Let children “wash” dishes. Add a sponge or handled scrubber for them to wash dishes. Have several towels available to dry dishes. Encourage appropriate actions; that is, placing cups on saucers, pouring, and stirring the cup with a spoon. Have children sort utensils in a storage unit. Encourage them to match items by color. Have children set the table and use dishes to serve snack.
  
• Assessment: The toddler will parallel play with others while washing and drying dishes.
  
• Integration: Toddlers enjoy pretending with familiar objects. The lukewarm water is soothing.