Sunday, April 15, 2012

File Folder Games

Z is 2 years 8 months old

Z loves her wooden inset puzzles. You could give her puzzles all day long and she would be happily occupied the whole time. However, there are just so many puzzles I can keep buying without going broke, so I've been busy making file folder games for her. Here's a snapshot of what I've made for her so far.



Teddy Bear Shape Matching from childcareland 
(sorry, don't have the exact link, but this website has loads of printable file folder games

Nests in a Tree Measurement game
The yarn pieces are of different lengths and you have to place the nests on their correct spots. This idea comes from ehow



Happy and Sad sorting activity. 
The faces are clip art I got off google images. And who knew finding pictures of sad people in magazines would be so darn difficult?



Upper case and Lower case alphabet matching activity from http://www.archjrc.com/childsplace/lettereggs.html



Matching Directions
(Saw this cool idea on LittleFamilyFun and realised I have the same set of flashcards. Z does find this  just a wee bit challenging which is great.



Colour Matching activity from meandmarielearning



Magnifying Picture Match from biblestoryprintables



Leaf Shadow Match from 2teachingmommies
My printer was running out of ink hence the multicoloured leaves!



Key Silhouette Matching 
This is actually an addition activity from deceptivelyeducational (by the way, she has some other amazing educational printables) however I just traced the yellow keys onto another piece of paper before cutting them out and filled in the outlines with a black marker. Tried to give it a fun twist by punching holes in the keys and adding them to a binder ring. This proved to be quite challenging for Z.


Tetris Shape Matching Game from mrprintables


For more file folder game ideas click here



Linking to :
For the Kids FridayTuesday TotsThe Philosopher's Wife



16 comments:

  1. What a great adaptation of our "Unlocking the Keys to Simple Addition" activity! I love that you repurposed the keys printable. Great idea!! When my youngest gets a little older, I'll have to try this with him! Thanks for sharing!!

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  2. I love it what a wonderfull work! Youre a grat momo congratulations :)

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    1. Thanks for your compliment! I'm just a regular mother like you all, trying to provide the best for her child.

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    1. These look great! My little one isn't quite ready for these, but I will have to remember all these great ideas!

      I'd love it if you'd link up to my Teaching Time for Toddlers post!

      http://philwife.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-time-for-toddlers-tuesdays.html

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    2. Thanks for your comment! I have linked up with you on your blog!

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  4. WOW! These are incredible! Thanks so much for sharing them with Tuesday Tots. I have pinned this to several of my boards :)

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  5. Love these!! Thanks for sharing!! :)

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  7. This is a great list of file folder games! Thank you for featuring one from Me & Marie!
    Ashley
    Me & Marie Learning

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Ashley...I love all your other printables too!

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  8. I LOVE the keys! And the Tetris is another fun one!I had to print my own color sorting sheets for a new folder here! And I really like the idea of the direction cards. Easily something that can be made!

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    1. Yes..file folder games are really fun for children! You can look at my other post for some more file folder game ideas that include some easy ones too here :
      http://www.desertcrafter.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-file-folder-games-for-preschoolers.html

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  9. Hey! Just wanted to thank you for a sharing a consolidated post! We had fun doing many of these:-) here's the link to the videos where my son is doing these activities http://youtu.be/LxGhOeDEVJM & http://youtu.be/1axC4-MnkHs & http://youtu.be/wuln9dewVdQ Keep up the good work!

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    1. Hi Gargee! Thanks for linking your son's videos here..he looks absolutely adorable while focusing on the activity and enjoying it too! Wish him all the best!

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