Find desired toy “hidden” in textured material

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Tactile Skill: Finds desired toy “hidden” in textured material

 

Materials:

  • Textured material (rice, oatmeal, beans, marshmallows, etc.)
  • Toys (spiders, lizards, small animals, etc.)
  • Containers with lids (shallow enough for your child to reach inside)

 

Procedure:

1. Put some texture material into a container such as sand or dry beans. 

2. Put several smaller items into the material such as balls or small animals that the child enjoys playing with. 

3. Cover the objects with the material so that they are hidden or partially hidden. 

4. Show the child the material in the container. 

5. Let them explore it as needed; if they do not explore the material on their own, assist them in feeling the material and talk about what it is that they are feeling. 

6. Show them that they are items hidden within the material. 

7. Help them to take one item out.

8. Encourage them to see if they can locate any more items. 

9. Provide hands-on assistance as needed to uncover and find the other objects. 

10. Keep trying activity until the child is successful in finding the hidden objects by him/herself.

 

Submitted by Andrea Higgins, TVI