Clothing Flashcards for Pretend Play & More {Free Printable}

Commercial flashcards for children are often cluttered with excessive text and images.  When too much information is presented simultaneously, young children may not know what information to focus on.  On the other hand, plain flashcards may be too boring and unappealing for young children.  Therefore, I made these cute clothing flashcards for pretend play.  Through these cards, my daughter learned how to read clothing names in Chinese, Korean, and English!

Since the flashcards are the shape of clothes, you can easily guess the definition of each word.

In addition, the clothing flashcards promote open-ended play!  Therefore, while children are playing, they are learning to read the words since the bold black text is noticeable against the colored background.

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What you need:

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1. Clothing template (Free Printables in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Korean)
2. Colorful paper
3. Laminator
4. Laminating pouches
5. Scissors
6. Cotton twine
7. Colorful clothespins
8. Small tray
9. Clear mini command hooks

What to do:

1. Print templates on colorful paper
2. Laminate each sheet
3. Cut outside of the black lines

Ideas for playing & learning:

1. Decorating with the colorful clothes:
   1. Affix command hooks to wall
   2. Tie cotton twine
   3. Clip clothespins to clothing cards
   4. Hope that your baby doesn’t pull them all down like mine did 🙂
2. Color matching with pegs
3. Pretend play “laundry sorting” and other creative play!
4. Open-ended fine motor practice with clipping the cards on the string

For those are learning both simplified and traditional Chinese, you can print out both Chinese versions and compare and match the characters!

If you use these clothing flashcards, please let us know!  Please leave a comment and don’t forget to tag a photo @chalkacademy on Instagram and Facebook.

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