Flip-flop Matching Activity

Flip-flop Match
By: CK Emanuel

Flip-flop, flip-flop
Sitting on the blacktop
Searching for a match
In this sandal batch.

Optional Actions:

Flip-flop: Sway side to side with action for “Sandal”
Blacktop: Separate hands in a horizontal line
Searching: Cup eyes
Sandal: ASL of sandal. (One hand flat horizontally with fingers separated between index and middle. Dominant hand makes a “hook” with index finger and taps the space between the index and middle finger of other hand. As if the toe strap of a flip-flop sandal)

Props: Multiple pairs of flip flops

Group Play:
Option 1:
Separate out left foot flip-flops from right foot flip-flops. Pass out the right foot sandals to each child.
Say the rhyme and hold up one of the light foot sandals. If child’s flip-flop matches, they bring it up to the front.

Option 2: Handout to go home.

Read more: Flip-flop Matching Activity

Participation Age Range: Ages 2 years to 7 years old

Skills Utilized/Reinforced: Fine motor development, Gross motor development, Knowledge of sandals, Visual discrimination skills: Matching by color/pattern

Themes: Summer, Shoes, Sandals, Feet