Motor Development: Pill (Mint) Cutting


This is perhaps the most popular center I’ve ever put out!

Materials:  Dollar Tree pill box, Dollar Tree pill cutter, Dollar Tree cookie tray, liner, colored breath mints, bowl for unsatisfactory cuts (according to them, not me)

How to:
1.  Call child over.
2.  Demonstrate cutting a few mints
3.  Sort divided mints by color into the pill box.
4.  Stand back and buy more mints!

They cut…

and cut….

and cut…

I had to resort to finding cheaper mints because they sliced $4 worth the first day!  But, now I have tons of tiny mints to hand out in mass, arranged by color and taste.