This activity promotes development and learning by encouraging children to:

• Compare and contrast items.
• Identify similar items from a variety of objects.
• Match an object to the correct color.
• Enhance fine motor, including the pincer grip.

Materials:

• Egg carton
• Pom-poms, pipe cleaners, colored feathers or other objects
• Scissors
• Markers

Directions:

1. Use the scissors to cut a hole at the bottom of each egg compartment.
   
2. Use your markers to label each egg compartment a different color.
   
3. Have your child line up and match the colored items to the corresponding hole.
   
4. Open up, dump out, and repeat!