Christmas Presents for Geeks – Touch Box

by Deb on November 12, 2010

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Susan, the Book Chook November 12, 2010 at 7:47 am

I love these ideas. I wrote about a similar one, a story box I use for language development in http://www.thebookchook.com/2010/06/create-story-box.html. I also use an activity where I get the kids to ask questions first, ones that elicit yes/no answers, to help them narrow down the search, before they feel the object.
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Deb November 12, 2010 at 8:37 am

I love that story idea, the big girl would have so much fun with it. We used this sort of thing a lot when they were little because it is so good for language development. I haven’t had them ask questions before, we can do that for a bit of a change.

Glowless November 12, 2010 at 6:40 pm

What great ideas! I’m going to try it out for my baby – he’ll be 6 months old at Christmas so he’ll be more interested in wrapping paper than toys so I don’t plan on getting him anything in particular… he won’t understand. One nice pressie for a photo op maybe? Hehe.
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Colleen - Sunrise Learning Lab November 16, 2010 at 11:16 am

Cool ideas!
Mine would have fun making these.
Thanks for sharing:)
Colleen
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Trish November 16, 2010 at 12:23 pm

what an excelelnt idea for imaginative play !
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tricia November 16, 2010 at 1:24 pm

Great idea! We’ll definately make one of these. Thanks for the inspiration.
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cathy@nurturestore November 16, 2010 at 7:46 pm

Great ideas. I love that you can upcycle materials to make it and that a child can make it as a present too. We’ve do a similar thing at Halloween with a ‘what’s in the sock?’ game – with lots of creepy things inside like monsters eyeballs (peeled grapes)! Thanks for sharing another great idea with us at the Play Academy.

Sarah Lyford November 16, 2010 at 8:18 pm

Just found your site through Planning Queen’s tweets…love it so much especially as my eldest (9 yr old boy) is a natural scientist and always wondering about things, wanting to invent things, wanting to experiment…will be back for more ideas for sure!

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JDaniel4's Mom November 20, 2010 at 10:59 pm

I have heard of using this idea with crayons. What fun!

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Candi November 21, 2010 at 2:45 am

This is really great. I have a friend that teaches primitive skills and he puts only natural items in his grab bag like one part of a giant lobster claw, pine cones, snake skins, and other fun stuff. he uses this for outdoor education and the kids love it. I never thought of doing this as a Christmas present – thanks for the idea.
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Christie - Childhood 101 November 22, 2010 at 5:30 pm

We have been having a lot of fun playing with a surprise bag game with a small calico bag.
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