Picking Cotton
Although machines now do most of the cotton picking these days, here is a game you can play with your child to get him picking some cotton of his own. It is quick, easy, and requires very few materials, but it offers plenty of fun and helps develop fine motor skills.
All you will need is one bowl for each player, one clothespin (the pinching style) for each player, and a pile of cotton balls. There are two ways to play this game. The first way is to place all of the cotton balls on the table in between all of the players. On the count of three, all of the players begin to pinch cotton balls, one at a time, with their clothespins. Once a cotton ball is retrieved, it is then placed in the player’s individual bowl. When all of the cotton balls are gone, players count their cotton balls, and the player with the most is the winner.
The second way to play the game is to give each player the same number of cotton balls that are placed to the left of the player. Each player’s bowl is placed to the right (or vice versa). It is then a race to see who can get their cotton balls in their bowl first while transferring them one at a time.
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Written by Laura on September 14, 2011
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