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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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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.
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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Cool ideas!
Mine would have fun making these.
Thanks for sharing:)
Colleen
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what an excelelnt idea for imaginative play !
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Great idea! We’ll definately make one of these. Thanks for the inspiration.
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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.
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!
Sarah
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I have heard of using this idea with crayons. What fun!
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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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We have been having a lot of fun playing with a surprise bag game with a small calico bag.
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