{"id":2735,"date":"2018-09-21T00:54:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T00:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2735"},"modified":"2018-09-21T14:40:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:40:04","slug":"lines-in-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/09\/21\/lines-in-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines in the Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobbylobby.com\/Crafts-Hobbies\/Kids-Crafts-Activities\/Crafts\/Yellow-Bottled-Sand\/p\/23522\">Yellow bottled sand<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">(You can also use cornmeal in place of the sand)<br \/>\n<\/span>Kids&#8217; paintbrushes or Q-tips<br \/>\nShallow plastic container or box<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nPour a small amount (1\/3 cup or so) of the sand or cornmeal into the container. You can add more depending on the size of your container.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrate to your toddler how to make lines with the paintbrush or Q-tip. Let him try it. You can also use a finger to make circles, spirals, zig-zags, letters, etc. This is an engaging way to practice fine motor skills, gripping the preferred writing tool and drawing with it. Older children will enjoy the challenge of copying a shape or design. This is also a fun activity to do on a light table, if you have one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Yellow bottled sand&nbsp;&nbsp;(You can also use cornmeal in place of the sand) Kids&#8217; paintbrushes or Q-tips Shallow plastic container or box Directions&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pour a small amount (1\/3 cup or so) of the sand or cornmeal into the container. You can add more depending on the size of your container. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/09\/21\/lines-in-sand\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lines in the Sand&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2735"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2735\/revisions\/2759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}