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Self-help skills
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Lunchtime Wiggles
At lunch or snack time, offer your child a few scoops of chilled flavored gelatin in
an unbreakable bowl.
Hand your child a toddler-sized spoon.
Talk with your child about the bright color of the jello. If there is fruit in the jello,
point out the peaches or cherries that he can taste.
Model how to use the spoon to scoop jello from your own bowl.
Point out how the jello jiggles on the spoon.
Encourage your child to use his spoon to eat the “wiggling, jiggling” jello.
Your child may prefer to skip the spoon and pick up small chunks of jello with
his fingers and eat it.
Chilled gelatin holds its shape so it is a great food for fingers or spoon!
Special Needs Tip
Children with food texture issues may prefer to look and not eat
the jello.
Hidden up my Sleeve
Play this game to encourage your child to help as you are getting her dressed.
Hold up one long sleeve of your child’s pajamas or shirt.
Tell your child there is a funny surprise “hidden” in the sleeve.
Tell your child to reach all the way in to find it.
Without your child noticing, put two of your own fingers into the bottom opening
of the sleeve.
As your child pushes her arm all the way into the sleeve, take your two fingers
and tickle the palm of her hand!
Try this on both sleeves and enjoy a giggle!
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