Bonus
Bead Pattern
Look at a bead pattern briefly, then string it yourself.
What you need
- Beadsand a string
How to play
- You string five to eight beads in a color pattern.
- Show the pattern for 5 seconds, then hide it.
- Your child strings it from memory.
- The stringing itself is the training: one hand holds, the other threads.
Make it harder
- Longer patterns.
- String the pattern in reverse.
- Remember two patterns in a row.
What your child practices
- Fine motor skills
- Pattern memory
- Both hands