Materials
1 empty plastic bottle (Voss water bottles work well!)
Acorns
Small bowl or basket
Directions
Place acorns that you and your child have gathered into a small plastic bowl or basket. Provide an empty plastic bottle. Invite your child to pick up one acorn at a time using the pincer grasp (thumb and index finger) and drop the acorn into the plastic bottle. Continue until your child loses interest. Pour the acorns out and count them with your child before placing them back into the bowl or basket.
This activity helps strengthen the pincer grasp, which is needed for writing, and practices eye and hand coordination and one-to-one correspondence as you count the acorns.