Cakes is a good matcher and finds matching activities in many of the things she does. I have been collecting resources and materials that are opened ended for years in the anticipation of either having a child or a classroom full of children. Though the mountains of toys I have also collected in this time Cakes usually prefers these open ended resources such as pompoms, paper rolls, milk bottle caps, etc. Recently she has shown an interest in matching and where these open ended resources would be perfect, she has chosen to play with some of the commercially purchased toys we own (I say we, as I am very fond of toys and possibly own more of them than she does).
None of these items were placed together for her to practice matching on every occasion she found one set of toys to match to other items. The top are her new Scooby Doo figurines she bought with her birthday money (new favourite everything books, tv show, toys, songs, etc) and the cut outs from the box (I am a bit of a hoarder, I cut and keep most things). Then my old Simpsons toys and the Simpsons that Daddy and I were watching when she was supposed to be in bed. The numbers I recently put out and her hopscotch. Then my favourite as it was the first obvious form of matching several months ago, the paint chips I took from Bunnings just incase we found something to do with them and the Teletubbies that her Nanny bought her for Christmas (even after I told her she really didn't need four more stuffed toys to love, love, love like she does).
None of these items were placed together for her to practice matching on every occasion she found one set of toys to match to other items. The top are her new Scooby Doo figurines she bought with her birthday money (new favourite everything books, tv show, toys, songs, etc) and the cut outs from the box (I am a bit of a hoarder, I cut and keep most things). Then my old Simpsons toys and the Simpsons that Daddy and I were watching when she was supposed to be in bed. The numbers I recently put out and her hopscotch. Then my favourite as it was the first obvious form of matching several months ago, the paint chips I took from Bunnings just incase we found something to do with them and the Teletubbies that her Nanny bought her for Christmas (even after I told her she really didn't need four more stuffed toys to love, love, love like she does).
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