I found this great set of snowflake matching cards at Kelly's Kindergarten. (Thanks, Ines, for helping me find the link!) This is such a great little set of matching cards. I love how much it will require the children to use their visual discrimination skills. These are not easy to match, so they should provide a good challenge.
Here is how I set the cards up on the shelf. I was just going to put them in the small white glass basket, but it seemed so small and insubstantial on the shelf that I placed it on a blue tray.
There are 12 matching pairs of snowflakes in this set. I need to go back and make a control dot in the corner of one set to help the children when they lay out this work. I just laid it out quickly so my younger son could match them up and I could take a photo. This could also be played like a memory game by laying the cards out face-down and turning them over to find the match.
Hi Laura..I'm not sure if you got your matching here...
http://www.kellyskindergarten.com/Monthly%20Centers/January/JanuaryCenters.htm
then click on snowflake memoy
...but it looks pretty close :)
Posted by: ines | January 03, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I LOVE this work! Very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Being that I live in the south, we are not expected to see any snow this winter, but I am including a few "wintery" type activities anyway. Can't wait to hear about your snow dough recipe. Is there a scent for January?
Posted by: Laura S. | January 03, 2009 at 12:58 PM
This looks like wonderful work! I had trouble opening the Kelly's Kindergarten link - I'll have to try again. Seems like a good resource!
Posted by: Julie | January 03, 2009 at 06:37 PM
I loved this website! Thank you. I downloaded many fun activities for my kids.
Posted by: Gigi | January 03, 2009 at 09:57 PM
Oh thanks so much for sharing the link!! We are doing a big snow unit for the next 2 weeks and this will be perfect for my kids!! :)
Candace
Posted by: Candace | January 03, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Thank you, thank you! Great activity!
Can I ask a random Montessori question? How do you set up your 'work', do you have a bookshelf of sorts and leave the trays out and then kids take a project that interests them during the day and continue to work through all the projects?
I haven't been in a classroom so I'm just guessing it's something like this?
Thank you again! Excellent activities/ideas/posts/blog! I love coming here! Thank you!
Posted by: Jamie | January 04, 2009 at 06:39 PM
Thanks! My girls loved this. I hadn't tried anything this challenging with my almost 3-year old and she matched the snowflakes easily which surprised me. She then joined in when older sister used the pieces for a memory game, with great success! thanks again!
Posted by: Carla | January 05, 2009 at 07:58 PM