Homemade Rattle

The rattle is the baby’s favorite toy, they enjoy shaking it and listening to its sound. If the crying baby uses a rattle, you will see how the baby relaxes and enjoys such a simple toy. At home there are always rolls of toilet paper, save some, it will serve you to create a simple and special rattle so you can play with your little one and develop his senses: texture, sound, color, volume, and shape. It is a special toy to exercise your auditory, visual, and motor coordination. On the website, magicshapespdx.com and you will find instructions on how to use the rattle

 Materials: 

  • Toilet paper roll 
  • Fabric scraps 
  • Seeds/buttons/ beads
  •  A piece of cardboard 
  • Silicone gun or glue of your choice 
  • Scissors 
  • Ribbon

 Follow the 6 steps!

Sensorial Bag

It is a sensory toy suitable for children from 11 months to 3 years old. This sensory toy is educational.
Don’t interrupt him when he plays with sensory bags. give him a chance to do it at his own pace
When the little one is calm and relaxed present the toy following the steps indicated.

Objective:
Develop a sense of touch, sight, and fine motor skills, and increase your vocabulary.

Using the toy:
* Invite him to sit next to you.
* Place a rug or carpet on the floor.
* Put the sensory bags on a small tray or box.
* Tell him, “These are sensory bags.”
* Invite him to sit next to you.
* Take out the bags one by one and place the ones that have a blue cap on one side and the grey cap on the other side, forming 2 rows.
* Choose a blue cap bag and feel what’s in it, let the child take it and experience it.
* Put the bag that touched in front of you.
* Select from the other row a bag, feel what it contains, and allow the child to also take and feel what’s inside.
* If it is not a couple of the first one because it does not have the same texture and weight we return it to its place.
* If we think it’s your partner, take the two sensory bags and place them together in the center of the carpet or tray.
* Perform the same procedure with the rest of the sagging.
* Invite the little one to do the activity.
* In this material, the error control can be found under the bags with a dot of each color.
* It allows you to make a mistake and celebrate your achievements.

Helps increase your vocabulary:
* Mention what the toy is called.
* Encourage him to touch the material.
* Ask him questions about the toy.