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The Mealtime Matching Placemat
A placemat with life-sized outlines of each item: plate, cup, spoon. At the start of the meal, everything lands on its shadow. By the end, your child puts everything back in its spot all by themselves, cup included.
- Age
- 0 to 18 months
- Duration
- Part of regular mealtime
- Materials
- Printable: placemat with item outlines
- Supervision
- Supervisé en continu
The activity sheet plus anything to print. Free, with an account.
Step by step
- Print the placemat with real-size outlines (plate, cup, spoon).
- Before the meal, put the placemat at your toddler's spot and name each drawn "home".
- Guide them once ("the cup goes on its drawing"), then let them place it themselves.
- During the meal, encourage them to put the cup back "in its home" after each sip, without stressing about it.
- At the end of the meal, invite them to put each item back in its spot before leaving the table.
- Start with just the cup, then add the other spots week after week.
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