30+ Page of Fun & Festive Gingerbread Shadow Matching
Shadow matching, while it looks like a simple visual game, it’s secretly building the skills your kids need before they even start learning their ABCs.
How is that?
When your little learners match an object to its shadow, they’re training their eyes to look closely at shapes and details.
For example, how an apple and its shadow share the same outline, or how a cat’s ears are pointy in both pictures.
They learn to spot what’s the same and what’s different, even when things don’t look exactly alike.
And why does this matter for alphabet learning?
Because when your little one begins to read and write, they’ll need to notice tiny differences between letters — like b and d or p and q. The same “eye skills” they use to match shadows help them tell those tricky letters apart.
For the Winter & Christmas season, it’d be much more fun to do shadow matching with Gingerbread, right?
Introducing: the Gingerbread Shadow Matching cut-and-paste packet.
In this packet, you’ll meet lots of gingerbread boys and girls – and their shadows!
Multiple skills in one resource
You’re gonna love this activity because it covers various skills at once:
- Visual discrimination – observing sharp details, lines, and edges to pair pictures and their shadows
- Scissors cutting – let your kids cut independently, they’ll love that they get to do the task by themselves
- Hand-eye coordination – to paste the pictures on their shadows
- Memory skills – to quickly recognize the corresponding pairs
Is this perfect for my 3-year-old?
You’ll find that toddlers love this type of activity. It might look challenging and tricky – but the more challenging it is, the more fun it is for little kids!
If you find your kids looking confused, let them start by solving 3 shadows per page.
Guide, or teach them to pay attention to small details such as the gingerbread’s heads, ribbons, or hats – and guess what these would be if they became shadows.
Use this resource for your Gingerbread/Winter/Christmas fine motor center activities, morning works, or integration to sensory play.
With over 30 pages of activities, you’ll be set for the whole season, taking one page per day, or a few pages per day.
Ready for some fun fine motor activities?
Shop Gingerbread Shadow Matching packet
Gingerbread
Shadow Matching
Let’s have fun cutting, sorting, and pasting the pictures onto their shadows.
Perfect for fine motor centers or morning work activities.
