Pull-A-Scarf

We bought this work for Ava from Lakeshore Learning (it's been discontinued) when she was about 6 months old. This is such a great tactile work. It's been out on the shelf for Lucy but up until now she hadn't shown any interest in working with it. Today while I was working with Ava I turned to find Lucy with the plush box in her hands pulling out each scarf to discover there was another one right behind it. There are 6 different colored scarves in 3 different textures. Lucy smiled and laughed as she pulled each scarf out. She would put down one scarf and then pick up another to feel each texture. It's safe to assume she was comparing the different textures and their bright colors.

I was looking back through my Pinterest board for my girls and found a few DIY projects that are very similar to this Pull-A-Scarf work. Take a look here. Why not use those extra wipe boxes and scrap material you have lying around? 

Montessori created a work very similar to this called the Fabric Box. A child typically wears a blind fold and tries to match the 6 pairs of different fabrics by touch alone. If you have a younger child you can just simply match fabric swatches like this.