Snowflake Matching

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.

Comments

[Carla]

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!

[Jamie]

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!

[Candace]

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

[Gigi]

I loved this website! Thank you. I downloaded many fun activities for my kids.

[Julie]

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!

[Laura S.]

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?

[ines]

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 :)