Busy Bag Exchange: Texture Matching Game

Woohoo!  We have officially completed the first round of our Metro Detroit toddler busy bag exchange!  Nineteen moms creating an activity for each other member of the group.  On our exchange day, everyone came together to share their activity and returned home with a bag full of a variety of activities for their little ones to enjoy.  I was so happy with and impressed by the dedication these women had for making fun and educational activities!  In the next few days, I will share an overview of the bags that were shared as my Little Man explores his new "games" (as he calls them.)

Here is an explanation of the Texture Matching activity I created for the exchange.  It is based on the Montessori activity demonstrated here.

I used plastic chips as the base and cut similar size circles from eleven different materials (a variety of fabric, paper, foil, sandpaper, felt, etc.)  Thankfully, my 1 3/8" paper punch made quick work of cutting quite a few of the materials!  I used simple white glue to attach the circles to the plastic chips. 

Each activity set included two discs of each texture.  As long as you run your finger along the surface of the materials in a circular motion, most textures are fairly easy to determine. 


The set can be used to match textures in the following ways: with eyes open and textures face up, with eyes closed and textures face up, or with textures face down as a "memory" style matching game.  It can also be used to discuss texture words as well.