#Baby and mother animals matching game how to

Shapes can be sorted by type in each container section.

I have been using a plastic box from a bento box take-out that we ordered recently for sorting activities.

When she puts one shape on her finger, I ask her to find an identical one and put it on the finger on the other hand.

First of all, having those slits in the middle of each shape, allows Scarlett to put them on her fingers, so they kind of turn into finger puppet monsters.

Here are a few ways how we play with these shape monsters: Scarlett wasn’t interested in taking the eyes off, so I kept them. Googly eyes are optional if you think your child might put them in his or her mouth. I cut out squares, triangles and circles, put googly eyes on them, and made a slit in the middle of each shape.

They are made out of felt sheets (you want the stiff ones to keep the shape).

#Baby and mother animals matching game how to

Originally I made these shape monsters for stringing activity but we came up with some other ideas on how to play with them. Another variation of this activity is to place buttons of 2 colors in the bag and draw 2 circles of those colors on the bag, and then the goal of the activity would be to move the buttons to the circle of the same color.

It’s great for the development of motor skills for those little fingers! I also drew the eyes and the nose of a cat, to make it look like he’s eating the buttons. The purpose of the activity is to move all those buttons inside the circle. Put a few buttons in a ziplock bag, add some hair gel, draw a circle on the back of the bag, and tape it to the window. This article is updated as Scarlett is growing up, so you’ll see different month ages mentioned here.