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Princess Counting Crowns

June 10, 2016 by Amy Smith

If your little one loves dressing up like a princess, then this is the activity for you! This princess counting crown
combines the fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, and visual perceptual skills of a craft activity with the math concepts of counting, matching, ordering, and number recognition.  Your child will love creating this crown and you will love that they are strengthening their hands and minds!

Make princess dress up more educational for your child by having adding this fine motor counting activity to the crown!

Benefits

1. Develops Pincer Grasp –Opening the clothespins by squeezing the thumb and first finger together help to develop the pincer grasp which is essential for:

-Feeding tasks
– Self-care tasks like snapping, zipping, buttoning
-Pre-writing skills such as pencil grasp and pre-cutting skills such as scissor grasp
-Toy and object manipulation like building blocks, turning pages, and holding onto papers

pincer grasp princess crown

 

2. Develops math skills- Using numbers as learning concepts on the princess crown will help your child to recognize numbers, count, match, and order numerals

3. Develops visual perceptual skills and eye hand coordination-By having your child find the visual cue (i.e. sticker or number) and placing it on its designated spot will help to improve both visual perceptual and eye hand coordination skills.

4. Fosters creativity-Once your child has the princess crown on, let the child be creative and act like a princess in an imaginary world!

Materials Neededprincess crown all pieces

Paper plate

Paint

Clothespins

Ribbon

Stickers (optional)

How to Construct

Cut the center circle out of a paper plate, leaving only the outside ring, large enough to fit on top of your child’s head

Paint the outer ring of the paper plate

princess crown painted circle

 

While the paint is drying, tape or tie long pieces of ribbon onto individual clothespins

ribbons

 

Once the paint is dry, add learning concepts onto the outside of the princess crown (i.e. numbers, shapes, colors) depending on what you want your child to learn

princess crown still

 

Place the learning concepts all towards the back section of the princess crown so the ribbon stays out of the child’s eyes.

How to Play

Once your crown is constructed, tell your child to pinch the clothespin in order to open it and then instruct them to place the clothespin on the designated spot on the princess crown.  After all the clothespins are on the crown, take it off and play again!

princess crown action

What’s a princess crown without a dress and castle? Check out these adorable accessories from Amazon to really transform your little one into a “real princess!”


Hopefully both you and your little princess will reap some “royal” rewards after creating this crown!

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Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities Tagged With: fine motor activities, math skills, princess activity, toddlers

Disclaimer

Kids Play Smarter is a blog about general ideas, theories, and concepts related to the field of occupational therapy and the growth and development of all children. The information presented on this blog is not intended to serve as or replace occupational therapy services for your child. The information on this blog is for entertainment, informational, and educational purposes only. This blog is not meant to replace formal professional consultation or evaluation from a qualified clinician. All children need to have the approval of a physician to participate in physical activities, including those described on this blog. In addition, children need to be supervised by a responsible adult at ALL times when completing activities that are illustrated and described on this blog. The author of this blog is NOT responsible or liable for any damage, injury, accident, illness, death, or adverse reaction due to participation in the activities described on the website.

Welcome to Kids Play Smarter

Amy Smith I am an occupational therapist with over 10 years of experience working with children. I created this website to offer parents, teachers, and therapists FREE ideas, strategies, and activities that they can do with their children to improve their fine and gross motor skills, handwriting, academic learning, and regulate their sensory system all while "playing" (just playing smarter)! Read More…

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