Roll and Play Card Game for Toddlers

Idea courtesy: icanteachmychild.com

I have used the following colors and themes:

• Yellow:  Directions.  -- Up, Down, Right, Left
• Violet:  Body Parts.  --Point your nose, Touch your toes, Nod your Head, Show your ears
• Green:  Animal Sounds.  --Roar like a lion, Moo like a cow, Meoww like a cat, Quack like a duck
• Orange:  Counting.  -- Clap your hands two times, Blink 3 times, turn around once, Jump 4 times
• Blue:  Colors.  -- What colour is your dress/tshirt?, Show me something black, Bring your yellow ball, Get your pink bat
• Red:  Action Cards. -- Jump, Dance, Sing, Clap

This is how our cards look like

                      

         

 

   

Before the cards got their color

       

 

Use a soft dice with all the 6 colors. You can make one on your own, just follow the steps here.

DIY Soft dice

 

That is how your soft dice would look like, you can have them with the conventional dots or colors to help teach toddlers.

You can reuse any piece of cloth, preferably white for ease of coloring. I have used 4 cms by 4 cms for each of the squares. Use a pattern like above, keep a small margin of 0.5 cm and cut the rest off. Keep aside the pieces for stuffing

Start stitching along the lines, this is how the first line would look like after stitching

Remember to leave out one square as you stitch for the stuffing to go in, this is how your dice will look like now.

I have added small square cardboard pieces on all sides, top and bottom for the dice to retain its shape.

Continue stuffing the dice with any cloth/poly filling, top it with the square piece of cardboard, and stitch the sides as well.

You are ready to add details to the dice, dots or colors kids are sure to love them.

Potato heads for teaching colours

I made these potato shells using egg cartons- the ones made of paper pulp.I am using this as a teaching aid for colous. 

As I show her each color I place a bottle cap of the same colour as a hat for the potato head. My 2 year old found this really interesting, so much that the day I made it she took these potato heads to bead instead of her favorite soft toys :)

This is how I cut the egg carton and have glued together the 2 parts. I then painted them with acrylic colours. And then used a ball point pen for detailing the facial features. You could also use googly eyes and may be some black wool for hair.

Stacking toys for teaching colours

Another simple use of bottle caps is to teach toddlers stacking as well as colours at the same time.

Sorting based on colours

A simple colour sorting activity for toddlers. All you need is bottle caps of different colours, a few containers to sort them into and that is it, can guarantee a minimum of 15 minutes of engagement for your tiny tot :)