Gus has been super into stacking lately - stacking rings, stacking blocks, stacking random objects he finds in the house. He's learning balance, size discrimination, and things like "in" "out" "over" and "under."
While there are many options on the market, I personally like things that are plain and don't try to do too much at once. Therefore, I gravitate toward those without numbers, letters, animals or shapes printed on the cups. We have a couple sets (not all of these), the plain wooden cups are my absolute favorite.
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Plastic Cups | Large Plastic Set - I love that these can get wet and hold up to a lot of teething/throwing/use
Plastic Cups | Large Plastic Set - I love that these can get wet and hold up to a lot of teething/throwing/use
Wooden Cups - I love that these isolate the concept of size and are self correcting. Here, there really is no other factor then size to focus on {although colorful wooden options also exist.}
Squareish Cups | Cube Cups - I love that these require a more precise motion to stack.
Once you have a nice set of cups, there is so much you can do with them!
For Babies:
- explore one or two cups at a time
- place in a treasure basket with several similarly colored objects
- add a simple peg or puzzle piece for simple in/out work
- simple water exploration
- don't expect correct stacking
For Toddlers:
- use a complete set
- stack and nest correctly over time
- use for color sorting work - add to a tray with a couple pom-poms, for example
- more precise pouring exploration (usually in the bath)
- spatial games (over, under, in, and out)
- talking about sizes in general (smallest, small, big, bigger type language)
Do you have a set of stacking cups? How do you use them?
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