My top 10 favourite fine motor skill activities for toddlers

1. sorting activities - you could sort anything basically from beans to pegs to duplo pieces and according to sizes, colour, texture etc. and even do sorting during bath time! :)
Here are some ideas:

• http://www.simplymommie.com/2010/05/sorting-beans.html
• http://www.simplymommie.com/2010/11/sorting-pompoms.html
• http://www.simplymommie.com/2010/11/more-sorting-activities.html

2. stringing beads

3. lacing - I made my own, but you could easily get these from shops as well.

4. tonging
http://www.simplymommie.com/2010/11/tonging-part-i.html
http://www.simplymommie.com/2010/11/tonging-part-ii.html

5. scooping water

6. transferring rice grains/ alphabet pasta or even water!

7. shelling eggs

8. slotting coins

9. pegging

10. juicing - this will be one of the kids' favourites! There's even a reward after the activity!

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NTUC U family Mega Dance tickets giveaway

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Good news on a Monday from me again! 

This time NTUC U Family is giving away TWO Mega Dance tickets* (each ticket worth $30) to the event!

Each ticket admits a total of five people (of any adult/children combination).

Are you ready to groove to the latest Dance, R&B, Hip Hop and Pop music with your kids?

It doesn't matter that you can't dance. Let me tell you a secret.... shhh... I can't dance either. 

But I'm going to get some family night fun anyway! There's no prerequisite that you need to prove that you can dance or even that you need to be able to do the Gangnam style to get past the entrance.

Still thinking about your two left feet? Don't worry! There will be friendly professional instructors who will guide you through simple and yet enjoyable steps, choreographed to the music. I'm not sure about how this would be like, though I'm thinking we may just re-live our young moments doing mass dance in school during orientation! :P


The event details: 

Date:  24 November 2012, Saturday Time: 7.00pm to 10.00pm (Registration & pre-event activities start at 6pm)  Venue: The Coliseum™, Hard Rock Hotel® Singapore             Level 2, 8 Sentosa Gateway             Singapore 098269 More event details here.

Still thinking about it? Why not leave it to chance then? Just participate in the giveaway and see if you win a ticket!

Here's how to win a ticket!:

1. Like Simply Mommie's facebook page (if you have not already done so) AND share this post (there's a row of social media icons at the bottom of the post, click on the facebook icon or simply copy the URL of this blog post and paste it in your status update box in Facebook).
2. Sign-up for U Family membership if you have not done so. Existing U family members are entitled to take part in this giveaway as well.
3. Answer this question: Where is the event held?
4. Leave me your email address (do this if you want to be contacted if you win!) on this blog post or email me at simplymommie@gmail.com if you do not have a google account.

Terms and conditions:

1. Giveaway ends 26th October 2012, 2359hrs.
2. Results will be announced on 31 October on Simply Mommie's facebook page.

*Note: Ticket does not include admission into Sentosa and dinner will not be provided.
Free Shuttle Bus service will be provided to and from the Vivocity / Habourfront area and Resorts World Sentosa for participants of Family Night Out Mega Dance. Details will be available soon.