Let’s learn to peel hard-boiled eggs with Sheikha! This is another easy activity that you can do at home that enhances eye-hand coordination, 2 hands working together, and self-help and independence. They can even slice the eggs. It helps that they are delicious!
ITEMS NEEDED
Table and chair or floor; a tray; 3 small bowls: one for hard-boiled eggs with shells, one for discarded shells, and one for peeled eggs; optional butter knife and cutting board for slicing
METHOD
Wash hands before peeling hard-boiled eggs.
Get a bowl with an egg with shell, knocking egg on the surface of the table or bowl until the egg shell is cracked.
Peel the egg shell from the head of the egg, until the whole egg is peeled.
Put the egg shells into one bowl and the peeled egg into another bowl.
Slice up and/or eat the peeled egg!
POINT OF INTEREST
The ovoid shape of an egg.
The sound of a knocking and cracking egg.
Broken eggshells and small pieces of eggshells.
The smoothness of an egg and the delicious taste.
AIM
To learn how to peel and to possibly slice a hard-boiled egg.
To refine the movement of hands and fingers, develop eye-hand coordination, and aid in the skill of two hands working together.
To increase the span of concentration.
To enrich the tactile and hearing sensorial experience.
To aid growth, independence, self-confidence, and the ability to take care of the self.
Have fun and enjoy!
