Big Button Matching

A few months ago, I ordered these really fun big buttons. We've had lot of fun sorting them and looking at them together, but I wanted to also be able to use them for more self-directed activities for C's tot trays and R's workboxes. I made up some little cards that we can use. I thought I'd share them here, as well.



I put them in two separate files as the shapes are all black and white. The colors are, of course, in color. Simply click on shapes or colors to download a pdf file through google docs.



For c (now 22 months), I'll have her search either by shape or color. For R (4yo), I'll have him search for both at the same time.

If you don't have the big button set, you can still have lots of fun. Just have your child do a scavenger hunt for anything that meets the criteria. Here, R went through our box of play-doh tools.



Hope you enjoy it!

Fun Puzzle Find

Look what I found at Walmart last night when I was out grocery shopping. My boys LOVE puzzles, so I knew they'd be excited about these.

A color wheel puzzle-my favorite. $10



Luckily, the designer of this puzzle was very kind, and it has the names where the pieces should go!




Butterfly Life Cycle $6

The boys' were really excited about this one as we just finished memorizing a caterpillar poem in First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind.




Finally, a frog life cycle. $6 I'm saving this one for when we stufy frogs more in-depth. It's incorrectly labelled as is the actual Solar System puzzle at WM.



There were other great ones, too, and I'm sure I might have to pick them up if they're still there when my homeschooling envelope gets refilled.