Food Game

Ages: 2 - 5
Need snack mix, 2 bowls

Put some snack mix in one of the bowls. Pick out 4 different items from the snack mix and place them in the other bowl.

Your child then has to pick 3 more of each of the items you have placed in her bowl. When she's done, she can have her snack.

This game helps kids recognize colors and shapes. As an added bonus you can tell her what each piece is as she sorts through the bowl.

Older kids can count higher so you can tell them to pick out anywhere from 5 to 10 items.

You can subtract the items, too, by telling them to take away five from the total items that they have.

As they put them back in the bowl, have them count to five. Then have them go back to their items and count these. They will have five.

Tell them that 10 minus 5 equals 5. Or 4 minus 1 equals 3 or 6 minus 2 equals 4.

You can also describe the different shapes to your child. Show her what a square looks like.

Find a rectangular shaped food piece and explain what it is. Describe a circle and let him find a food piece shaped like that.

After all his hard work, let him enjoy eating all the items he has placed on his side of the table!

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