Pick up sticks

This little activity happened by accident.

My two year old has enjoyed playing with popsicle sticks I had around from another activity. I wanted a place to contain them so I found an empty container from some Gerber puffs. I took the label off and put the sticks inside.

I had intended on putting the container and sticks away but my daughter grabbed it from me and dumped the sticks out. Then she picked them back up and put them all in the container. Then dumped them out again.

Eventually we'll work on counting the sticks and making shapes with them. Until then, picking the sticks up, putting them in the container, and dumping them back out again seems to do the trick!

Sometimes it seems to be the simple toys that keep kids the most entertained.