Clip Cards

Step by step

1. 1Print out question cards (3 apples, a colour, an animal) with 3 or 4 answers around the edges, and stick a dot sticker on the back behind the right answer.
2. 2Show how to squeeze the clothes peg open and clip it onto an answer.
3. 3Do the first two cards together, talking it through out loud ("Let's count: one, two, three...").
4. 4Let your child work through the rest of the cards on their own.
5. 5Flip the card over to check: is the peg on the sticker? Mistakes are obvious right away, no need to lecture.
6. 6Switch to new sets (counting up to 6, letters of their name) once they've mastered the first one.

What it builds

Squeezing a clothes peg strengthens the exact three fingers used for holding a pencil. And because they have to choose WHERE to clip it, hand and brain work together: count, decide, pinch, then flip the card over to self-check.