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Learning with Sorting Snack Time Fun

28 September 2009 12 Comments

We created this morning’s snack into a matching game and a brief activity about patterns. We had a variety of snacks and my kids loved getting to eat their “school” activity!

What you need:

egg carton
mini-muffin liners
a variety of snacks (at least 5-6)

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We filled the various sections with grapes, cheese, cheerios, goldfish, pepperoni, chocolate, dried fruit and cereal. I made sure that there were matches of all but two sections. Then when one child would pick a section to eat the other child would have to find the “matching” section and eat it. They took turns until almost all of the matches were eaten. With the left over sections (goldfish, cheerios & fruit) we decided to create patterns. I demonstrated the first pattern, after that the kids enjoyed making their own pattern and filling the sections with the “right” foods.

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This post is a variation to an earlier post by Erin, Matching and Sorting with Nature. Thanks Erin for the inspiration.

For more ideas, check out Muffin Tin Mondays. Lots of moms have posted creative ways to incorporate “muffins” into your day!

12 Comments »

Sandy said:

What a great idea! I love it!

# 28 September 2009 at 8:18 am

Erin F said:

Matching and snacking together… genius!!

# 28 September 2009 at 8:37 am

Julie said:

Very neat idea. I see your theme this week is “water” We will be having that theme in a few weeks, I’ll have to stop back by and see your ideas.

# 28 September 2009 at 12:29 pm

Rebecca said:

I love that you made this a matching game!

# 28 September 2009 at 12:54 pm

Amy said:

This is soooo great!

# 28 September 2009 at 1:18 pm

Michelle said:

What a great idea!!!

# 28 September 2009 at 1:24 pm

The Activity Mom said:

What a great idea/lesson!

# 28 September 2009 at 7:55 pm

Jenny said:

love it!

# 28 September 2009 at 9:02 pm

Andrea said:

What a cute idea! I’m sure it was a lot of fun, and yummy!

# 28 September 2009 at 9:33 pm

Jimmie said:

Does this count? Absolutely!! Thanks for contributing this to the Hands on Homeschool Carnival. It’s FAB!

# 4 October 2009 at 7:15 am

Michelle at Her Cup Overfloweth said:

hey! thanks for adding this to the Muffin Tin Meals Flickr pool! I love it when moms share on there. we have a whole group of peeps that just check that pool and not the blog carnival!

so, thanks!

# 5 October 2009 at 1:19 pm

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# 9 December 2009 at 8:30 pm