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Hunt and Find Project
Purpose:  This activity encourages fine motor skills and tactile input.

Materials:  glue, shoe box top, matching small objects and any tactile medium.  We
used matching foam shapes and dried corn for our project.
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Step 1:  Have the child glue on one set of the matching objects on to the box top.  Let
dry for 24 hours.
Step 2:  Place the box top on a large tray with the matching objects around the box top.
 Pour the tactile medium into the box top.  For this example we used dried corn.
Step 3:  Now the child should search through the corn to find the matching objects.  
The child can dig and trace fingers around each shape.  Once a shape is found in the
corn, remove the matching shape off of the tray.  Continue until all shapes have been
found.