So there’s so much you cian do with pasta :) It was once a favorite learning tool in our home. Since I’m quite frugal, I barely give him toys from stores unless necessary, instead I made use of what we in kitchen (LOL) to save money and to be practical as well.
With that said, I made these colorful (rainbow) pasta when Mavi was just a teeny weeny. We used it in so many ways! And here’s how I done it:
Gather various shapes of pasta like bowtie, penne, Rotelle, macaroni, shells etc. Then measure the right amount of pasta you wanted to use and put them in a zipper bag (Ziploc). Add around 1 tablespoon of alcohol and 5-10 drops of food coloring into the bag. Close the bag, and mix (shake the bag) until everything is covered with color. Leave the pasta inside the bag for 5-10 minutes. To dry them up, cover a tray with cookie sheet or kitchen towel. Carefully pour the colored pasta and spread them in single layer. And that’s just about it!
So here’s how we use them:
1. For color sorting activity. I have this egg carton box which I painted with watercolor :) He matches the pasta to that of the color in the egg box.
2. Stringing and Beading. Good for penne pasta :)
3. Playdough Tower
4. Counters. Again using an egg carton box as our tray. I wrote numbers at the bottom of the box and he’ll put the right amount of pasta based on the number written.
Those rainbow pasta are really beautiful! How I miss them :)
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Thanks for sharing the super cute ideas! My favorite is the straw tower of colored noodles. It incorporates so many things!
ReplyDeleteI'm new to your blog, it was recommended by a friend. I just started using the Montessori Method at the beginning of February with my three special needs kiddos ages 6,4, & 3, after trying several different methods to get them to learn. Two have autism and one (adopted) has Reactive Attachment and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. We don't have a lot of the official materials yet, so I've been doing a lot of homemade variations but the kids are absolutely loving it! You can check out our blog at http://everystarisdifferent.blogspot.com! Thanks so much for sharing all of your great ideas! They are a HUGE help to someone new like me!