Shadow Matching Matchstick Activity

Matching certain objects to their shadows can help your children prepare better for the future, which might involve problem-solving and more. This simple yet innovative activity can help your children prepare themselves for analytical jobs and more in the future:

Suitable For:

This activity is designed for children between two and six years of age, as they can learn how to match objects to certain patterns better.

What You’ll Learn:

1. Pattern Recognition – When children participate in this activity, they will learn how to recognize patterns and match the matchsticks to their shadows according to the way they have been drawn on the paper stuck to the cardboard base.

2. Visual Discrimination – Children will learn how to discriminate between one direction and another, the shapes, and patterns visually, when they participate in this activity. The better they perform in this activity, the better their visual discrimination skills.

3. Fine Motor Skills – Children tend to perform better in life when it comes to coordinating their eyes and hands with each other when they engage in certain activities that involve physical movement and effort.

4. Concentration and Focus – Engaging in the shadow matching matchstick activity can help enhance the concentration and focus levels of your children, as this activity requires a lot of patience and concentration to perform the same.

5. Cognitive Development – Matching objects to their shadows requires one to have excellent problem-solving skills and critical thinking, which will automatically develop as your children participate in this activity time and again.

Material Required:

1. Cardboard Base: Keep at least one big cardboard sheet ready for preparing the base for this activity.

2. Matchsticks: For matching them to their shadow silhouettes that have been drawn with them as reference on the cardboard base.

3. Markers: For drawing the shadows of matchsticks facing different directions on the cardboard base

4. White Colored Paper: For covering the cardboard base completely with for forming a writeable surface on the cardboard base.

5. Lamination Sheets: Have the cardboard base that has been stuck with white paper and contains the matchstick shadow drawings laminated using lamination sheets for protecting it.

The Procedure for Preparing:

1. Prepare the cardboard base –

Keep a cardboard sheet ready for use as a cardboard base for this game activity. Make sure to draw the matchstick shadows in different directions with the markers.

2. Get the cardboard base laminated –

Use a lamination machine to laminate the complete cardboard base or get it laminated at a photocopy store with lamination sheets.

3. Ask your children to participate –

Encourage your children to match the matchsticks to their shadows according to their directions and patterns. The more they repeat this activity, the better their cognitive development will be.

4. Review and Repeat –

Review the activity each time your children complete it and make them repeat it until they have mastered it. The more often your children participate in this activity, the better will be their cognitive and holistic development.

The moment your children complete this game activity; they will have learned how to match objects according to the directions and patterns of their shadows. Let your children discover how to find solutions to problems by tapping into the detective in them through this simple yet wonderful activity.