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| IMAGE: Barbara Gini www.recprograms.com |
I remember picking pinwheels out of my Grandmother's Rose Garden, and my Grandfather's vegetable garden, and running around the yard with them when I was a child.
My Grandparents used the Pinwheels to scare away the birds and rabbits, and to keep them from eating and pecking at the flowers & the vegetables, but I knew that in reality they were Magical Fairie Wands...
In addition to stimulating creative imaginary play, what else can kids learn from playing with a Pinwheel?
Well, for one thing, they can learn how to direct and control their breathing, which helps with singing, speaking and self-calming. By doing this they also develop oral motor skills when puckering lips to blow on the wheel...this helps develop the muscles we use for speech.
A Pinwheel also helps stimulate the visual sense with its color and movement, which is important for strengthening the eyesight (rods and cones) and ocular muscles that assist the eyes in tracking a moving object. This skill helps with reading, writing, sports, and just about every other activity that kids engage in.
They also can learn science-(particularly about air currents and using wind power to generate electricity by using a large Pinwheel (called a Windmill.)
What else can they learn from this simple toy?
This pretty Pinwheel (in the picture above) has been outside on my patio shelf all Winter and has survived the cold and stormy weather. I think I am going to need some more of these for the upcoming Spring and Summer fun!
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Related Reading:
Pinwheel Designs- Coloring book
Pinwheel Board Book (ages 3-6)
The Pinwheel Project
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Prevention
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