Scooping Practice

Today we are practicing scooping.

The purpose:

1. Its fun to play in water.

2. Hand-eye coordination

3. Pre-writing. Scooping from left to right is good practice for reading and writing.

So I just took my Dutch oven and filled it with water and plastic ice cubes from the Dollar Tree:

 

 

Then The Princess practiced scooping...and chewing the spoon and the cubes. This kept her attention a little less than I hoped, but maybe she will go back to it later.