Playing with free material or garbage is not only exciting for our sustainability project. Paper strips from the shredder are a stimulating play material for many children. Here the perception is addressed and all senses are asked. Whether when shredding the paper or playing with the paper strips. The paper strips feel good, they can be pressed together well, thrown up, plucked apart, distributed and collected again. Every paper strip that remains attached to the clothing of the child is plucked off with the fingers. The paper strips tickle on the skin. Even if some children are initially restrained, the children become bolder and more experimental in the course of the game. For example, you can also bathe in the paper strips, cover with them or hide individual body parts under them. When playing with paper strips, the children collect a lot of tactile experiences.
Get it ready first.
Then let the first sheet of paper pass from your child. Then the children watch how you crush the paper with the shredder. The loud sound of shredding is unusual for many and young children startle quickly. After some leaves the children can also shred a sheet of paper themselves under your prospect. Attention: Only under the supervision of an adult - risk of injury!
If the shredder container is full, you empty it into a big tub.
If there is enough paper in the tub, you will find a place on a carpet and let the children experiment with the strips of paper.
The children dig in the paper, throw up the paper, distribute it outside the tub and collect it again. Everything is allowed here!
Feel and dig several hands in the tub, then playing makes a lot of fun. Especially when the hands of other children in the tub happen to meet under the paper strips!
Children also like to look for objects that hide in the paper. For this you put small caps or corks in the tub.
Then the children fish for the cork and then pluck the paper strips from the cork. This is a great fine motor exercise.
The corks are suitable in combination with the paper, since the children cannot hurt themselves when touching and searching for the cork. The invitation to fish for the corks is a task. Encourages the children to solve tasks, because this already gives the smallest one great joy.
When distributing the paper strips, the children can turn up quite nicely and this is especially great for small children. Watch this and be happy with it.
The children can also walk over the paper strips. Whether barefoot or with socks - the paper is spinning and how does it feel?
Give the children the opportunity to experiment and marvel at what they try with the paper strips.
Uses a broom to clean up. The children can help with a sweeper and the hand sweeper. Thus, the employment period is extended. The children also learn to clean up playfully.
Have fun trying it out!