Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Writing Activities with Squishy Bag

Iyra was still struggling with the basic strokes needed to form numbers and letters. I came with this squishy bag ideas to help her mastering it. It is a fun way to teach young children to write without using pens or pencils. The children can also use the squishy bag to draw pictures and shapes or just to squeeze it.

 What you'll need (for one squishy bag):
A cup of flour
6 tablespoons of water
Food coloring
Zip-lock bag
Spoon
Bowl
Tape 

 Add flour, water and a drop of food coloring into a bowl. Mix until well blended.

 Scoop the mixture into the zip-lock bag.

 Place the bag onto a flat surface. Let out any excess air to avoid air bubbles. Trust me these air bubbles make the writing difficult. 

 Press the clip of the bag completely closed. Secure the opening with the tape. 

 The squish bags

I used different books for the writing activity. I used 'Building Spelling Skill' published by Evan Moor for Iris, 'I am a Book' for Iesha as she recently reading this book and 'Read Easy' obviously for Iyra.

 Iyra in action.

 She obviously seemed happy with her 'a'.

 But not for Iris. She was getting bored once she knew the purpose of the squishy bag. She stroked her Chinese pinyin instead. She practiced her new learnt strokes for 'Days in Chinese'.

Writing up her name over and over again.

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