Description
Tracing numbers in tactile materials (sand, sugar, flour etc.) offers several benefits for children learning how to write.
Benefits include:
Enhances Fine Motor Skills: strengthens the small muscles in the hands and fingers, which are essential for writing.
Improves Hand-Eye Coordination: Tracing requires children to focus on the movement of their hands in relation to what they see, improving their hand-eye coordination.
Provides Sensory Learning: The tactile nature of sand offers sensory feedback that can reinforce learning through touch, making it an engaging and multisensory experience.
Reduces Pressure: Unlike writing on paper, tracing in sand feels more relaxed and playful. There’s minimal concern about erasing mistakes, which encourages exploration without fear of failure.
Encourages Focus and Patience: Tracing can be a calming and meditative activity, helping children develop patience and focus as they work through each stroke.
Improves Spatial Awareness: Tracing numbers or shapes in the sand helps children understand space, size, and alignment, which are essential skills for writing neatly and legibly.
How to Wonder & Bloom
Spread your wooden numbers and shapes out so that you can see them all. Place your tracing resource of choice in the big square provided. Place any number or shape in the slot at the top. Now trace that in your sand/flour/rice using your finger or your dowel stick. Change the number or shape at the top, simply smoothing out the bottom section and trace the next one.
HINT:
You can also use the open block (tray) to build the letter in playdough or beans.
You can also trace the letter using different tools other than your finger or dowel stick.
What is Included
1 x Natural Wood Bloom Board
1 x Set of 0 -20 numbers (21 wooden engraved tiles)
1 x Set of simple shapes (5 wooden engraved tiles)
1 x Dowel Stick
From home: Tracing resource – sugar/flour/sand/rice etc.
Board Size: 13cm x 20cm
Please note that all of our Bloom Boards are made from natural, locally sourced wood. Due to the inherent characteristics of the material, variations in colour, grain and texture are to be expected.
Educational Benefits
Educational Benefits of Wonder & Bloom Boards Include:
Multi-Sensory Learning: Wooden activities engage multiple senses, which helps children grasp and retain concepts more effectively.
Focus and Patience: The tactile nature of wooden activities promotes concentration and patience, especially when solving problems or completing tasks.
Fine Motor Skills: Manipulating wooden pieces helps develop dexterity and hand-eye coordination, both important for writing and physical tasks.
Communication skills: While engaging in wooden activities, children use language and communicate during activities – building on conversation skills, social skills and emotional expression
These wooden activities combine fun and hands-on learning, allowing children to grasp simple and complex concepts in English and Math in an engaging and effective way.
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