Scoop, Sort and Pour
Toddlers, Preschoolers
| Engagement level:
Support your child’s fine motor development, hand–eye coordination, and concentration as they scoop, sort, and pour pom-poms and small edible items like cereal using spoons, tongs, and cups
Skills and benefits:
- Concentration and problem solving
- Hand-eye coordination
- Fine motor skills
- Sensory exploration
- Confidence and independence
What you'll need:
- Pom poms
- Spoons
- Scoops or measuring cups
- Bowls
- Tongs
- Small dry cereals e.g Nutri grain or cheerio’s
- Flat based container
- Small items e.g small cars, buttons
What to do:
- Pour pom poms/ dry ingredients or other small items into flat container
- Use tongs, scoops and spoons to scoop up items
- Sort into bowls, cups or simply scoop and pour
- Encourage your child to explore colour by sorting items into groups or scooping items of the same colour into a bowl
- Challenge your child to collect a set number of items, such as 2 of each colour or 4 green and 2 yellow
- Ask questions like, “What happens if we pour the big bowl into a small bowl?” or “Which bowl will fill up first?” to support problem-solving
- Encourage your child to make up their own sorting rules, such as grouping items by size, texture, or type
