

Another way to avoid this Is to drill through the board with another board underneath. If they keep up a strong pressure the wood will splinter a bit more. When the parent is drilling, have them slow down when they near punching through the board. Drill with a 7/32 inch bit (check your own diameter against pegs).

Pegs: golf tees, plastic soda straws cut to 1 1/2" length, dowels cut into pegs and colored Per Board: minimum 25 multicolor pegs.How could you use the pegboard to learn about perimeter and area? Parents can practice their own homework on the peg board, too. They can learn the triangle game as well. Name some geometric shapes that they could make?Įlementary school children can make designs, practice addition and subtraction, and learn simple multiplication and division operations. Write down some other kinds of patterns besides lines.Ĥ, 5 and 6 year olds can make geometric shapes and write letters with the pegs. This version uses golf tees for pegs Our Wooden Triangle Jump-A-Peg Solitaire Game is a classic brain boggler The goal is simple Jump one peg at a time until you end up with only one peg left. Put 3 to 5 pegs on one line and they can make a matching line under it.Īs they get older, you can make a line of 3 to 5 pegs, have the child look at them, remove them and then see if the child can copy the line from visual memory. Preschoolers can play match the colors in a line of pegs. What other games can they play with matching. Toddlers can't do it but they will listen and learn the words of counting. Toddlers like to take pegs out and try to put them back in. Name other toys babies can take things out of. Store the pegs in a small dish or basket with the peg board on the shelfĭevelopmental Interaction with the Peg Boardīabies (with adult supervision) can take out the pegs. Figure out what the strategy is to leave as few pegs as possible. Continue to do so until you can't jump any more pegs.Ĥ. You can jump across, down or diagonally as long as you jump in a straight line.ģ. Jump one peg over another peg into the open hole. Place 14 pegs in the 15 holes of the triangle. The object is to jump pegs and leave only one peg at the end of the game.ġ. On one side draw the two game boards as shown. Sand the board- corners, edges and holes.ħ. Reclamp the board and drill the other three rows.Ħ. Drill two rows of holes all the way through the board. Draw on a matrix of dots- 5 rows of 5 dots or more dots if you like.Ĥ. TOYS AND SPORTING GOODS FOR DECORATIONS FOR CHRISTMAS TREE GAMES AND PLAYTHINGS, NAMELY, GOLF GAMES, ACTION FIGURES, ACTION SKILL GAMES. Saw a square of wood from a 1 x,10 board 9 inches long.Ģ. A toy for the whole family with games and play.ġ.
