Description: I placed the monkeys from the Barrel of Monkeys game into various containers and hid them around the first floor of the house. I told the kids that the monkeys escaped and had to be rescued. When they found the monkeys they had to open the containers to put the monkeys in the barrel. I made monkey noises as a clue to help them find them. The monkey noises got louder as they got nearer to the monkey.
Age: 2 and up, you can make the hiding spots more obvious and in a smaller area for little kids
Purpose:
Fine motor,
Search and find,
Counting (how many have you found?),
Simple math (how many do you still need to find?),
Question asking,
Prepositions.
Prep time: moderate
What you’ll need: various containers and bags, and monkeys or other objects to rescue.
Fun Factor: Adding the scenario of rescuing monkeys kept them motivated to keep looking for all 10 monkeys. My kids are not the greatest at looking for things, so it took a fair amount of time to finish.
Tip: Every so often you can stop to count the monkey’s you have found and figure how many monkey’s are left to find. It’s also a good way to work on opening containers without your kids even knowing it.
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