{"id":2484,"date":"2019-01-15T18:48:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T10:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2019-05-14T19:02:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T11:02:49","slug":"practical-life-pin-poking-beginners-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/15\/practical-life-pin-poking-beginners-level\/","title":{"rendered":"PRACTICAL LIFE: PIN POKING (BEGINNERS LEVEL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, friends!<\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m sharing a super quick, easy-to-do DIY pin poking work for your toddler. I came up with this idea because my 26-month-old loves working with my mom&#8217;s push pins at her house (she has a huge corkboard on the wall), so I thought maybe it&#8217;s time I let him work with pins. Before we start with the usual<a href=\"http:\/\/www.montessorialbum.com\/montessori\/index.php?title=Pin_Punching_Shapes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <em>pinning work<\/em> in Montessori classrooms<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, I thought of introducing this just to let him get used to working with pins (taking them out, and putting them back in).<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-push pin\/s<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>-wine cork<\/strong> (<em>I saw a teacher share this hack on Instagram awhile back, but unfortunately, I cannot remember the account&#8217;s name, huhu, sorry! Will update when I find the account again.) <\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-small tray<\/strong> (<em>I used a mini-soap holder<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pinpoking2mamatheexplorerdotcom.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[2484]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pinpoking2mamatheexplorerdotcom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pinpoking2mamatheexplorerdotcom.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pinpoking2mamatheexplorerdotcom-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTE:<\/strong> Because push pins are sharp and <em>may pose dangers for little children<\/em>, this activity must ONLY BE DONE with an adult around to watch the child. I do not leave this little tray in his shelf. I keep it out of his reach and only bring it out when he wants to use it. It might be common sense, too, but I&#8217;ll leave it here anyway &#8211; please check if the pins are already rusty. Make sure you only use ones that are in tip-top shape.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>So far, what I love about it:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It satisfies my child&#8217;s interest in pins.<\/li>\n<li>It makes him work on hand-eye coordination.<\/li>\n<li>It strengthens his fingers&#8217; muscles (NOTE: it&#8217;s a bit more challenging to pin a wine cork than a corkboard, but if you want something really easy, of course you can also work with corkboards &#8211; even that would refine your child&#8217;s fine motor skills).<\/li>\n<li>It keeps him focused and concentrated (he gives full attention to the activity because it is challenging and engaging).<\/li>\n<li>It allows him to problem solve. While my initial expectation for taking out the pin was to just pull it, he had another way: he kept twisting the pin till it ejected from the wine cork (<em>he may have gotten this idea since he knows how to work with screws and also our water containers<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>It leaves room for creativity and testing of ideas. He keeps changing the pins&#8217; locations and observes his work after.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Very quick and very easy, right? Let me know how it goes for you and your toddler! Till next time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, friends! Today, I&#8217;m sharing a super quick, easy-to-do DIY pin poking work for your toddler. I came up with this idea because my 26-month-old loves working with my mom&#8217;s push pins at her house (she has a huge corkboard on the wall), so I thought maybe it&#8217;s time I let him work with pins. Before we start with the usual pinning work in Montessori classrooms, I thought of introducing this just to let him get used to working with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175,665,31,1183],"tags":[923,922,58,921,925,642,920,924],"class_list":["post-2484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-diy-crafts","category-parenting","category-sensorial","tag-can-toddlers-work-with-push-pins","tag-how-to-use-push-pins-montessori","tag-montessori","tag-montessori-pinning-work","tag-montessori-practical-life-work-for-toddlers","tag-montessori-work","tag-pinning-work-for-toddlers","tag-push-pins-activity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2484\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}