

While your listening ears craft is drying, it’s a good time to find some fun audiobooks to listen to (you may find it easier to prepare the book ahead of time). Then, once your pipe cleaner is in place (being held by weights or hands), glue the ears on top of the construction paper and pipe cleaner.Īllow the glue to dry before removing the weights that are holding down the pipe cleaners. Repeat for the other side of the pipe cleaner. Glue one side of the pipe cleaner to one piece of construction paper and place a cup of water on top of the pipe cleaner to hold it in place (any weight will do, or your child’s hands).

Place the construction paper ears facing away from each other. The easiest way for us was to glue the pipe cleaner to the construction paper before gluing the ears over the top. The only tricky part (it isn’t too tricky) is attaching the pipe cleaner between the ears and the construction paper. This will add strength and color to the craft. Hold it against the paper while you cut around the ear, leaving a border of the construction paper. Then, lay one of the ears on top of the card stock. Here are five cutting activities to build fine motor skills. Once you have your materials, either your child or you can cut out your hand drawn or printed ears (they can be any size you’d like). Construction paper or card stock (affiliate link).You only need five supplies for this fun craft: It’s a one-stop shop for all things information and it’s easily accessed on any smart device or computer. programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers. It sells digital audiobooks, radio, and T.V. If you’re not familiar with it already, Audible is a seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming. Here are five playful ways to work on listening skills. They bring stories to life with voices and sounds, while helping your kids develop and fine-tune their listening skills. This super simple listening ears craft brings some hands-on fun to the listening process using our tool of choice, audiobooks.įor this activity, we chose a fun audiobook from our partner, Audible. Reading and listening are key skills for learning development, and audiobooks are a great tool that combines both skills together.
