Little Guy has been fascinated with buttoning lately. Anytime he sees a button, he wants to try it out. So, I thought I would make some buttoning practice for him, so he could be successful with it!
Since we are in winter, we started with a snowman. I saw the idea on
H is for Homeschooling. This activity also practices snapping, as there is a snap on the hat and on the scarf. As you can see, this one was a big hit!
To go along with the snowman, we have been practicing the letter S. So I made an S out of felt with 5 buttons. Little Guy had to match the colors to the buttons and then button them on. All the pieces of felt are also different shapes, to give us more to talk about as he is working. I hot glued the S to a piece of cardboard. This did make some of the buttons difficult to do, as there is no movement or give in the S. Little Guy enjoyed it none-the-less!
The last activity isn't quite finished yet. It will be name buttoning practice. I cut out the letters of his name, twice for each letter. One of each letter will have two buttons, and the other will have the two button holes. He will match the letters of his name up and practice buttoning!
I made all my buttoning practice activities out of felt, since it doesn't fray and provides a little thickness for Little Guy to hold onto.
How are you practicing buttoning?
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