Comments on: Grocery Store Game

By: Chantel

Chantel — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:03:27 +0000

Hi
I love this idea! I keep meaning to put something together for my son to do at the store when we go grocery shopping, and I just have such a hard time finding something that is just his speed. He's almost three and is spiritedly energetic. And this looks perfect! It will keep his attention but won't bee too difficult so that he's tempted to keep jumping around rather than sit and concentrate. Maybe if I laminate it, my 11 month old can even play along! Thanks so much for the idea!!!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:37:12 +0000

I do a similar thing. My daughter is older, 4.5 yrs, so I'm trying to introduce word recognition. When we have multiple errands, I list them in order. She loves crossing out ones we have completed and telling me what comes next.

By: Teri

Teri — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:25:22 +0000

Very cute I love it!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:22:00 +0000

What a great picture!

My son loves grocery shopping, but we give him tasks like telling us when he sees mini-wheats, or when he sees the cart (because then he gets in it without a fight).

He ends each trip by putting coins into the guide-dog collection statue!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:06:38 +0000

What a great idea. I too love the "deep thinker" picture of your son. BTW…what 100% fruit snacks do you recommend? My son loves those things and feel like I probably buy the ones with too much sugar!

Thanks for all your hard work!!!!

By: Beth- the mama bee

Beth- the mama bee — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:45:12 +0000

We play a similar game, but I have the pictures and titles on index cards. It helpd my little ones to only have one or two items to concentrate on at a time. We have 30 cards, but only doing 1-2 at a time makes it last the whole trip.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:31:57 +0000

I sooooooo wish I had this idea this morning before I went grocery shopping! I'll have to get started for next week!

By: Allie

Allie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:28 +0000

Amber I know ! I usually think my son looks like me, but in this picture he is 100% his father so much so we did a side by side comparison . They are the deep thinkers!

Amy- Thanks so much for letting us share this. A sample hunt would be brilliant, there was a time my son would only eat solid foods in a shopping cart. I am not joking.

By: teachmama

teachmama — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:08:41 +0000

Allie–I really like this idea, too, and with a HUGE store like Costco this makes it a lot more manageable. I wish we all knew ahead of time which samples they'd have out so we could go on a sample hunt. How much fun would that be?!

Thanks for the link back!–

By: The Harris Family

The Harris Family — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:51:58 +0000

great idea!