{"id":2159,"date":"2018-04-03T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2018-04-05T16:23:51","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T16:23:51","slug":"matching-pastels-a-file-folder-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/04\/03\/matching-pastels-a-file-folder-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Matching Pastels &#8211; A File Folder Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Materials<br \/>\n<\/b>File folder&nbsp;<br \/>\nPaint chips in pastel colors (two of each color;&nbsp;cardstock&nbsp;works too)&nbsp;<br \/>\nPacking tape&nbsp;<br \/>\nScissors<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<br \/>\n<\/b>1.<b>&nbsp;<\/b>Trim paint chips.&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. Attach one set to file folder using packing tape.&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. Use second set to match.&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. Make a pocket for the second set out of packing tape (fold one piece in half for the pocket and use three more pieces to attach to the folder).&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. Invite your child to play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Children enjoy this simple game, which helps them develop color awareness. Color matching also reinforces one to one correspondence, which will help them with math as they grow older.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials File folder&nbsp; Paint chips in pastel colors (two of each color;&nbsp;cardstock&nbsp;works too)&nbsp; Packing tape&nbsp; Scissors Directions 1.&nbsp;Trim paint chips.&nbsp; 2. Attach one set to file folder using packing tape.&nbsp; 3. Use second set to match.&nbsp; 4. Make a pocket for the second set out of packing tape (fold one piece in half for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/04\/03\/matching-pastels-a-file-folder-game\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Matching Pastels &#8211; A File Folder Game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}