Lucy's Imbucare Box

Lucy needed something new to do and has been very fascinated with opening and closing. She has made sure that the fridge and bathroom doors and every cabinet within her reach have been shut. She is also keen on placing smaller objects into larger ones. With these fascinations growing I decided to move Lucy on from the object permanence boxes to her first Imbucare Box with the large cylinder.

This work allows the child to practice hand-eye coordination, learn their geometric solids, and experience opening and closing. This set of Imbucare boxes progresses to other geometric solids such as a cube, triangular prism, and a rectangular prism.

Her face lit up as soon as I sat the work on the ground. I presented the lesson once and then let her have a go at it. She tried a few times before she finally got the cylinder in the hole. Then she settled for tasting it haha (caution: the cylinder even though it's large is still very small....please sit with your child while they are working on this activity for safety purposes.)