Our
playgroup for the day was all about matching!
Some of the kids were still learning their colors, so to help them we
turned it into a color matching game!
Color Matching:
Take a colored
piece of paper and attach an envelope or small bag to it. Tape (or glue) the same color onto some Popsicle
sticks. You can do this for as many
colors as you want. Once you have a pile
of colored Popsicle sticks you can mix them up, and hand out a pile to each kid
to put away. For the younger kids who
were still learning their colors, we gave them a colored stick and had them
identify the color. Then they ran off
and put it in the right spot before coming back for another.
To
see how well some of the kids knew their colors I had two different shades of some
colors. Everyone did a perfect job! They loved running around and seeing how
quickly they could sort through their colored sticks. Next time we’re going to try to play with
even more colors to give some of the older kids a challenge.
The
Memory Game:
Do you remember playing memory as a kid? Now you can make your own game of memory and
color your own pictures to match. You
can find some free prints off the internet, or make your own pictures by
drawing two of the same animals onto index cards. The kids loved coloring the pictures and got
some good practice using scissors when it came time to cut them out.
Most
of the kids who come to playgroup love to run around. We played another fun game to get us all moving. This is a great game to play on a rainy day, to
help get those wiggles out before bedtime, or just when you feel like having
some fun!
Balloon Ping
Pong:
Just tape a Popsicle stick onto a paper plate, blow
up a balloon, and you’re done! We split
the kids into two teams and had each of them practice hitting the balloon to
the other side. It was pretty hard for
some of the kids to aim the balloon, sometimes all they wanted to do was hit it
as hard as they could! This is a great
game for teaching control. The really
little kids could practice their hand-eye coordination, and the older kids had
to work on hitting it back to the other side when the balloon flew out of
bounds. 
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