BusyBeesSock Pairs: a sock matching game for age 3 and up
Tip out the clean socks and hunt for the pairs. A real job that feels like a game, and it works at the table while you cook or tidy nearby.
- From age 3
- 10 min
- Indoors
- Thinking
- No prep
You need
- A pile of clean socks
The steps
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Tip the clean socks into a heap on the table or the carpet.
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Hold one up and ask your child to find its partner.
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Lay each pair side by side in a row.
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Sort the pairs into piles: whose socks are these?
Keep an eye on
Play sitting down at the table or on the carpet, so nobody slides about on a smooth floor in socks.
To keep it going
Count how many pairs you found and try to beat it next wash day.
At a glance
- From age
- 3
- How long
- About 10 minutes
- With you
- Stay in the room while they play.
- In the app's words
- Good for matching, sorting and helping out
A grown-up is always responsible for safety and supervises play. You know your child, so you have the last word on what suits them.