Let’s talk band-aids for a minute. Is your kiddo as obsessed with them as my boys are? For a while Target Dollar Spot was my hook up. They had character ones all the time for just a buck, but I haven’t seen them in a while. My stockpile is starting to run low, so I need to start looking a little harder, I guess.

Anyway, one of my favorite people on Instagram, Katy from @prekwolfpack shared this activity a couple weeks ago. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was something I was going to have to put out one day. It has all the key features we look for: something to throw (dice) and something to stick (band-aids). As soon as Colston (3) saw me pull the bandaids out, he was sold. Hook, line, and sinker. For whatever was to come.

The basic idea is a simple one.

Use red markers to create “cuts” on the paper. Write numbers depending on how many dice you use on those. Roll the dice, find the number, stick a band-aid on it.

Katy teaches preschool age kids, so I just recreated the idea for Brixton. His cuts were numbered 2-12 because we used two die and practiced our addition. This was so much fun for him, and really satisfied his desire to add higher numbers.

Colston is 3, so his set up is almost identical. We only used one dice for him, though. His cuts are numbered 1-6 and it really was the perfect balance for him. He wanted to use two like Brixton, so we tried a couple times. But I could quickly see him getting overwhelmed with it, so we went back down to one and off he went.

I did the most modification for Everett (20 months). I abandoned the regular dice and opted for the colored dice from our Roll & Play game. And, instead of all red “cuts”, I used the colors from the dice. Probably the biggest difference was the lack of band-aids for him, though. He’s still figuring out how his fingers work, and peeling the backing off band-aids is way above his level. We stuck to regular stickers for him. He’d roll the dice and then put a sticker on the matching color.

This activity hit so.many developmental goals

I didn’t have to set up a ton of different things for each boy to get what they needed out of it. I met them on their level and still touched on:
 • fine motor skills
 • matching skills
 • number recognition
 • early addition
 • crossing the midline
I love games and activities that I can use for all three. Especially ones that are easy to modify and keep developmentally appropriate for each kiddo.

Have you tried a fine motor/match game like this before? I’d love to see, tag me on Instagram @thebplusmama. And I bet Katy would love to see it too, so make sure to also give her a tag @prekwolfpack! While you’re there, give us a follow to see what we’re up to on a day-to-day basis.