Color Matching File Folder

Since Snugglebot was born, we have intigrated school time into our daily lives. This looked totally nuts when she was brand new. (Picture a month old baby propped up by a Boppy pillow while I show her flashcards about farm animals.) But, as time has gone on, school has gotten more age appropriate. Since she's my first, I'm still learning how best to educate her. In the next few weeks, there will be a few posts about her curriculum these days.

But...

Okay, I'm a Pinterest geek. So, I searched for "file folder games", which is something that I'd seen used at daycares and preschools, and I found quite a few neat ones. This color matching game from Littlefamilyfun.com seemed easy enough for my first try.

You Need:

• File folder
• Rainbow colored scrapbook or construction paper
• A glue stick
• Adhesive Velcro

Optional:

• Laminator
• Lamination pages 

So, following the directions in the above-listed blog, I made hearts out of scrapbooking paper. The hard part was making sure that every heart was identical. Next time, I'll make a pattern heart out of cardstock. This time, I continually traced my first scrapbook paper heart, which meant I had to do a lot of erasing of pencil marks from it.

I glued the first set of hearts to the folder, then folded it in half, heart side out, and put it through my laminator. My laminating pages are not wide enough for a folder, so I had to put it through 4 times in all-- twice for the top and twice for the bottom. By the end, it was so thick that the automatic feed on the laminator wasn't working, and I had to help push it through.

Next, I pasted the second set of hearts onto a piece of cardstock, and laminated that.

I differed from the directions in that I put a bit of velcro on each moveable heart, as well as on the folder's hearts.

Results: Snugglebot seems to like her folder game. She named the colors for me as she put the hearts on, but the real joy comes from peeling the hearts off and sticking them back on. Girl loves her velcro!

I'll keep looking for file folder games that are suitable for a 1 and 1/2 year old, and post them as I find them! I hope this has been helpful for you!