Monday, May 16, 2011

Flour Girl

My little girl loves to help me in the kitchen. Every time she sees me cooking or baking, she asks to help. And, I usually let her. A few nights ago, as I was cooking dinner, T grabbed a bowl and the salt and pepper shakers and began experimenting. She then asked for the flour, which I also had out for dinner. Then, asked for some water. She made her own little concoction and it kept her quite busy and entertained while I finished cooking.


It was a little messy, but was completely worth the joy that it gave T. She felt proud of her final product and even tasted it.


A few days later, I saw a post that used flour in their sensory box. (I look at so many blogs, it's hard to remember where I saw this idea from.) So, I turned T's rice box into a flour box.


T was captivated!


She asked for a mixing spoon. Silly mom forgot it.


Feeling...


Scooping...


Sifting...



A little chef in the making...

4 comments:

  1. great idea for a sensory box! My daughter will play with a pile of flour on the kitchen counter for an hour. She takes a cup to the bathroom to get water to mix with it.

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  2. I love how you took something she was interested in and built on it :) I don't know what it is with flour but our kids at preschool love it too. Recently I popped flour in shakers out on the playdough table with a bunch of old playdough and they had a ball mixing it all up together.

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  3. I think that I will let her mix some water in with the flour after a few more times of playing with it dry. I also like the flour shaker idea. Might try that one in the box as well or with some old playdough. Thanks for the great ideas ladies!

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  4. Oooo flour! Henry loves it too! He loved cleaning it up with the vacuum the most - ha ha!

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