Kids don’t need perfection, beauty or big bucks spent to place
a successful, intriguing work before them.
Stuff around the house can be put together in surprising
ways for small hands to use.
My staff says I need to go to estate sale rehab. Years of
bringing back random, strange objects has always paid off in the creation of a
huge variety of manipulatives that are truly unique.
My box of unmatched items grew empty so off I went
bargain hunting again. 25 cents an item or for the whole bag! I always pair
each activity up with a 50 cent tray and a 10 cent spoon and my imagination.
This week they are not so pretty, but I know the kids will love doing them.
My students inhale practical life works and I rotate them
often. The bargain works are created and then bagged up, often with the appropriate
50 cent tray, for quick finding and easy rotation. I know I have over 100
practical life works bagged to switch out. Almost all objects are discount
finds from Goodwill, Salvation Army, garage or estate sales.
See my other estate sale posts for more ideas!
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Estate sale bonanza. The odd parts fall together
to make
this sweet activity for very young children.
this sweet activity for very young children.
I have been
saving juice lids and must come up with more ways to use them all!
Old flag poles find their mate!
These unloved
objects have been at the bottom of my unmatched items box for over 15 years. I
never thought I could find a use for them until I found wooden eggs at an
estate sale. Then, presto! Their hidden potential was finally made visible.
Our toddlers love
this and will do it over and over! Open ended free choice matching of
base to wooden eggs.
This tall bread
tin makes the perfect down the chute work with styrofoam balls.
This is so
elementary that I hesitated to put it out. The twos and threes did this
non-stop all afternoon!
This
would make a church grandma proud. Church bazaar craft of felt mittens
with a hair clip inside is a perfect pinch open and shut work for my
students.
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