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Dominic's
Shaker Bottles |
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Appropriate Ages: Phase 2 (6 weeks-3-1/2 months) through Phase 7 (24
to 36 months) Materials: clear spring water bottles, super glue, colored tape,
variety of small items that can fit inside the clear bottles How to make: Place colorful objects (bells, poms, beads, buttons,
beans, etc.) into clear spring water bottles.
. Use super glue to seal the bottles and place colored tape around the
cap after applying the glue. Activity: Infants and toddlers can use bottles pre-made by adults.
Older children can help select the things they would like to put in the bottles.
These bottles that you can see into are a wonderful, inexpensive musical
instrument for preschoolers, simple rattles for infants, and can be part of
sound discrimination activities for toddlers. Comment: These are named after a child in my church who fell in love with my set of sixteen shakers when he was 18-months-old and still asks about them and enjoys them (in a different way) at nearly 4-years-old.
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