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Muffin Tin Eggs

Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed
Activity:  
Muffin Tin Eggs
Age Group:
Young Infants
* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with mobile infants, toddlers or preschoolers.
Muffin Tin Eggs
Muffin Tin Eggs
Objectives:  
  • Child will develop their fine motor skills by grasping and holding objects
  • Child will develop special awareness 
CDA Competency Standard:   
II.4.4b
  • Candidate’s facilitation promotes children’s physical development
b) Guides the development of children’s fine and gross motor skills
Materials: 
  • Muffin tin
  • plastic Easter eggs
Procedure: 
Place 5 or 6 eggs into the muffin tin and present it to the child. Encourage them to explore the items. While they are playing, converse with them about what they are doing. You can talk about the different colors they are touching or how they are moving the eggs around.

**This lesson can be modified for older children by putting colors in a pattern on the bottom of the muffin tin and having them match the pattern with their eggs. 
Assessment: 
  • Observe and record the child’s fine motor skills. What did they try and do with the eggs? Did they try and place two eggs into a hole? How many times did they take in eggs in or out?
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Spiritual Development

Spiritual development begins in infancy with feelings of security and a sense of wonder. Feeling loved and cared for establishes a sense of worth and inner peace even in very young children. This feeling of belonging and having a place in the world is vital to healthy development.  Offering experiences that invoke curiosity and wonder nourish spiritual development. Many of these experiences for young children will be through sensory explorations both indoors and outdoors in the natural world. 

During outdoor time they can be encouraged to appreciate nature, observe its beauty and wonder and treat it with respect. We can see and hear positive spiritual development in the smiles, laughs, giggles and content cooing of infants. These behaviors are the evidence of being cherished. Being valued assists children to build relationships where they can value and care for other people.
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Spiritual Development