Using Shopkins To Teach

Yesterday was my daughters birthday, and as requested she received a bunch and bunch of Shopkins. If you do not know what Shopkins are, they are small toys that resemble things in daily life, food, shoes, items. These toys encourage imagination, take up little space, and make little noise. They are a great teaching tool. Counting the first thing we did was count how many shopkins she had now. Ordering We separated the shopkins out by order. The food went in a pile with the food. The shoes went in a different pile. The appliances went in a pile, and so on like that. She also separated out all the petkins, rares and ultra rares. Matching We made matches as well. Not only did we match shopkins that looked alike, but we also matched shopkins that went with each other. The baseball glove and the baseball bat, for example, were matched as a pair since they were both needed to play baseball. Reading The shopkins come with the list that you can read. The kids can read the list and see what Shopkins that they have. Pattering. We made patterns with the shopkins. A food shopkins, A shoe shopkins, a food shopkins, a shoe shopkins. We took turns making patterns and seeing if the other person could guess what it was. Math We added the food and the shoe shopkins together. Then we took some away. Besides adding and subtracting the shopkins, you can set up a little store. Give the children a certain amount of fake dollars that they can give you to pay for the shopkins. This is a good way to help teach children money sense. Here are some worksheets and other activities involving shopkins. https://www.totschooling.net/2016/08/free-shopkins-sorting-printables.html- shopkins sorting printouts- https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shopkins-Math-Dash-2451335- Shopkis addition game-