Marshmallow Sculptures

Hey guys! This is another addition of the Alexis and Ingrid Show!

While pinning on our Pinterest account I found this neat pin called 18 different fine motor activities for preschool children. 

 

The link led me to a website called Mess for Less which was created by Vicky who is currently a mom of three and was a teacher for nearly 10 years. She taught preschool-first grade and at one time she also taught fourth grade; she also has her Master's in Early Childhood Learning so she knows what she is talking about.

Any who the activity that really caught my eye was the "Marshmallow Sculpture" one.

Even though all the activities focus on enhancing fine motor skills while the children have fun doing it, I feel this one has a lot of potential for my presentation activity. The process of creating a sculpture with a group not only helps work on the obvious, fine motor skills, but it also touches on my other two answers which are executive function skills and emotional-social skills. The act of focusing on a task at hand and trying not to eat the marshmallows while doing it helps practice self-regulation skills; the act of communicating with others on how/what to build their scuplture helps put into practice social skills. 

Although it is a simple activity I truly believe it would have a great way to not only keep children entertained for hours but perhaps also an activity to teach high school juniors and seniors.