{"id":2602,"date":"2019-02-15T14:27:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T06:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2019-05-14T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T10:55:50","slug":"diy-i-spy-matching-sound-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/15\/diy-i-spy-matching-sound-game\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY: I SPY \/ MATCHING\/ SOUND GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/threeminutemontessori.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Jasmine of Three Minute Montessori<\/strong><\/em><\/a> shared her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BsX32iPgCtG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DIY I Spy\/ Sound Game<\/strong><\/a> last January, and her post gave me an idea to make our own using what we have at home.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WHAT I USED:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n* Reusable Water Bottle we don&#8217;t use<br \/>\n* Our miniature animals (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000BNEOS0\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mamatheexplor-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000BNEOS0&amp;linkId=b64c024c7e221f35045a5863d63946c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THIS<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000GZADU6\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mamatheexplor-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000GZADU6&amp;linkId=89628d3a5b53e85dd23f973588746d13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THIS<\/a><\/strong>, also available locally via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theparentingemporium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Parenting Emporium<\/strong><\/em><\/a>)<br \/>\n* Beads<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">HOW WE PLAY IT:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>* We simply shake and play I-spy.<br \/>\n* I have a basket for one set (from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000BNEOS0\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mamatheexplor-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000BNEOS0&amp;linkId=b64c024c7e221f35045a5863d63946c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wild set<\/span><\/a>), then ask my son to look for their babies (from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000GZADU6\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mamatheexplor-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B000GZADU6&amp;linkId=89628d3a5b53e85dd23f973588746d13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Zoo Babies set<\/span><\/a>). It&#8217;s another kind of matching work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2604\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DIYISpyMTE2.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[2602]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DIYISpyMTE2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"655\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DIYISpyMTE2.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DIYISpyMTE2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Back story:<\/strong> I first put them in a glass frame like this. I have a few of these that I don&#8217;t use. But my son got so fond of shaking that he dropped the frame hoping to make it sound louder, so we ended up with shattered glass. LOL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>YOU CAN ALSO&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Play sound games here. [Can you look for something that starts with \/m\/?] &#8211; this is for children a bit older.<br \/>\n* Use it for language skills in terms of colors, shapes, sizes, patterns, etc.<br \/>\n* Use it for counting [If you have several of the same miniature, say you have 10 pieces of apples, you can put them in there and use this as a tool for counting.]<\/p>\n<p>Just use what you have (your language objects will really come in handy &#8211; You can check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=mamatheexplor-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=923170e808d63c90b2f94c5b85f14172&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;index=toys-and-games&amp;keywords=Toobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>miniatures of Safari LTD &#8211; Toobs!<\/strong><\/em><\/a>) and have fun!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: This post contains Affiliate Links from Amazon. By using my link, I may receive Amazon credits at no extra cost to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jasmine of Three Minute Montessori shared her DIY I Spy\/ Sound Game last January, and her post gave me an idea to make our own using what we have at home. WHAT I USED: * Reusable Water Bottle we don&#8217;t use * Our miniature animals (THIS and THIS, also available locally via The Parenting Emporium) * Beads HOW WE PLAY IT: * We simply shake and play I-spy. * I have a basket for one set (from the Wild set), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175,665,31,1183],"tags":[1065,1064,1068,1067,1066,1070,1071,1069],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-diy-crafts","category-parenting","category-sensorial","tag-diy-i-spy-game","tag-diy-i-spy-game-montessori","tag-diy-matching-game-for-children","tag-diy-sound-games-for-children","tag-diy-sound-games-for-toddlers","tag-how-to-use-language-objects-montessori","tag-how-to-use-miniature-toys-montessori","tag-montessori-miniature-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/2606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamatheexplorer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}