Why do this activity?

• Threading is an excellent activity to help children develop fine motor skills essential for drawing, writing, do up buttons, tie shoelaces, opening lunch boxes, and more.
• Threading also helps to develop eye-hand coordination, bilateral coordination, and concentration skills.
• Children learn mathematical concepts such as counting and sequencing.
• Children learn language skills as they name colors.

Materials needed:

• Straws cut into small pieces
• String or shoelace with a knot at one end

How to:

Using your shoelace, lacing lace, or just a plain bit of yarn, thread the tiny bits of straw. Look at those fingers, go!

(Strict and active supervision is required at all times)