For this Busy Bag, you take a handful of twist-ties and a handful of objects and present it to the child then let them play. We don’t use twist-ties in my house because our trashcans have either a bag with a built-in drawstring or they are recycled bags from the grocery store. But I’m a saver and collect these each time we empty a bag of bread.
The interest of this activity comes because the primary object (the ties) are new and different for the preschooler. We’ve included a variety of items for the twist-ties to be twisted around – a pencil, an empty spool, tupperware, and so on. We also included a few pipe cleaners for more twisting fun.
So far, my two year old is not sure what to think of the activity. Since we don’t use twist-ties, he is having a hard time wrapping the ties around and keeping them around anything. He is more interested in stuffing all the objects into the green tub for the moment but he has asked to play with this again today and left all the parts out, as if he wanted to play with it again later. So we’ll have to make an effort to develop his twist-tying skills to make this more interesting.
I know my four year old can do this type of twisting motion so I’ll post again once he plays with the activity to let you know if it’s a winner or a dud of an activity for him.
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