Matching is similar to sorting, but it's a totally different skill set that can be practiced in many ways. Matching is important for visual discrimination, language building, noticing patterns, and teaching focus.
Zeke loves matching activities. There are so many things you can provide for your child to match:
- colors
- shapes
- animals
- numbers
- letters
- pictures
- shadows
- sizes
- socks
We do a lot of hands-on matching activities, but I also create plenty of matching worksheets for Zeke to use. He loves cutting and gluing, so I try to incorporate that into his tot school. He loves to match color pictures to their black and white outlines, which is a great visual discrimination skill. We also do shape matching worksheets, color matching worksheets, and shadow matching worksheets.
Here are few of Zeke's matching activities that he enjoyed.
He is matching farm animals to picture cards I created.
I used a sand sensory tray and some starfish shape cards to make this matching activity.
I used our alphabet flashcards and Learning Resources letters for Zeke to match.
He is matching pom poms to ice cream scoops. This is available in my Etsy shop.
He loves Fruit Loops! He matched the cereal to the same color of the rainbow.
He used dot markers to dot the matching ice cream scoops.
I love these shadow puzzles from Voila! This is a great visual discrimination toy.
He matched his Melissa and Doug wooden cards to flashcards I created.
I love clothespin activities! He matched the clothespins colors to the bear card.
These are just a few of the matching activities Zeke has done. When he was younger, we would do these almost every day. Look around your house for items you can let your child match. Colored bears to pieces of felt? Animals to matching animal print fabric? Cereal to colored paper?
What has your child matched lately?
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