Child Development Activity #1: Straw Soccer

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Skills this child development activity enhances:

- Hand-Eye Coordination
- Cause and Effect

For ages:

Straw Soccer Materials Needed:

- Small piece of paper
- Flat surface
- Short straw

Straw Soccer Instructions:

Crumple a small piece of paper into a ball and place it on your child’s play table. Show your child how to use a straw to blow the paper around the table. (You may wish to cut the straw in half first.) Set up goal lines and have a soccer competition with your child. Blow the paper back and forth, or try to blow it to a certain spot on the table.

Have fun playing this new game with your child!