clothespins Archives • CHALK Academy

Clothespin Color Matching with Fine Motor Skills and Word Recognition

By Betty Choi
May 15, 2019

Clothespin color matching is one of my daughter's favorite activities at age 3 and 4 years. It's a great way to exercise fine motor skills while practicing Chinese character recognition!

How to Teach Kids Time with Simple, Hands-On Clock Activities

By Betty Choi
August 13, 2018

Teach kids time with a step-wise, Montessori-inspired approach! Here are inexpensive, interactive, and easy to set-up clock-learning activities!

Craft Stick Airplane Sight Word Matching Puzzle

By Betty Choi
March 15, 2018

Craft sticks, clothespins, and mini Velcro coins are the ingredients to this hands-on, word-matching, transportation activity! This is a fun way to learn Chinese vocabulary related to airplanes!

Number Matching With Pegs – 3 Easy Ways

By Betty Choi
September 12, 2017

Clothespins are inexpensive yet very useful for building fine-motor skills and hands-on learning about counting.

Clothing Flashcards for Pretend Play & More – Free Printable in Chinese, Korean, and English

By Betty Choi
August 8, 2017

Clothing flashcards for color matching, pretend play, and more! Free printables available in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, & Korean.

Count with Craft Sticks – Fine Motor Skills Meets Basic Math!

By Betty Choi
May 15, 2017

Create your own math manipulatives and make your own counting sticks with craft sticks. This is a fun, hands-on way to learn with small objects around the house!

Peg and Stick Color Match Activity for Toddlers

By Betty Choi
May 13, 2017

Peg color matching encourages learners to recognize Chinese characters while strengthening fine motor skills via clothespin clipping.

Pegging Clock-Face Numbers

By Betty Choi
May 8, 2017

This clock-face pegging activity reinforces numerical order and offers an chance to practice telling time.