Find It Jar

 Wee Things

Find It Jars can be commercially purchased...or you can DIY a custom bottle.

You can choose a theme or simply collect wee things from the household.

We chose the latter. 

As O and I were going from room-to-room contemplating which items would be small enough to fit in the jar (and not too small that we wouldn't be able to notice them) interesting conversations were emerging...

~how we could dry the bit of moisture left in the bottle?

~why dry items were important

~how salt might create dampness?

~length and width

~names/uses of objects she had no vocabulary for (mostly she surprised me with how many words I didn't realize she knew)

All-in-all we collected 27 items, which barely covered the bottom of the bottle (see above).

 Funnel Play

O was thrilled the funnel would be needed and quickly insisted she could handle the job.

So the items would not be stuck at the bottom, she poured a scoop of rice, added a few items and continued layering until the bottle was nearly full of rice and 'stuff'.

Roll, shake & find

Older kids would be able to write a list of what they find.

Younger kids can check off a picture list.

You can add adjectives to increase the language value.

If you want to learn how to class objects, you can ask which objects belong together, in traditional or innovative ways.

The rolling, shaking and sound-making helps this project double as an instrument.