Pom Poms

 I came across some colourful pom poms at Daiso store last week and decided to grab two packs home. Below are a few activities which I set up for JX using these beautiful pom poms-

1. Simple colour sorting

I sat beside JX, gave him some simple instructions like ‘ Pick all the blue pom poms and line them up’. When he finished this task, I will give another instruction ‘ Place all the blue pom poms into the bin’ then follow by the last instruction ‘Close the bin’.  After he closed the bin, I will repeat these instructions again, starting by ‘ Now, open the bin. Pick all the green pom poms and line them up’. 

I think JX really loves these pom poms as he was very eager to listen to my instruction and progressed with this sorting game happily.  

2. Colour matching

I asked JX to match and put the pom poms into the respective coloured box. However, he always got confused whenever he picked a pom pom which was none of the 4 designated colours. So, I ended up removing those pom poms which their colour didn’t match any.

 

3. The last and most exciting pom poms activity for JX was to use a spaghetti clip to clip these pretty pom poms and drop them into the bin.

I think this spaghetti clip is a bit oversize for JX but luckily it’s easy to squeeze and can hold the pom poms very well.

At first, I held JX’s hand and demonstrated to him how I clipped the pom poms (I picked the larger size pom poms) and then dropped it into the bin. After many rounds of demo, JX managed to gain some confidence and (with minimal help from mommy) he has successfully clipped a few large size pom poms and dropped them into the bin . This activity is good at training small muscles at toddler’s hand and also hand-eye coordination. 

We spent a great afternoon playing with these pom poms and later while mommy heading to the kitchen to prepare dinner, little one continuously entertained himself (and quiet at the same time) by placing the pom poms into the bin one by one, then poured them out later.

What a great toy!