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Matchbox treasures
How many tiny treasures can fit inside? Fill a matchbox with the smallest things you can find.
*Illustrative age guidance. Your child's development and circumstances matter more than a number.
A tiny plan for your day
Estimated time: 2 min to prepare · 15 min to hunt · 3 min to look closely. It's fine to stop early.
Before you start
What you’ll need
- An empty matchbox, or a small tin
- A magnifying glass
Let's begin
Five simple steps
That's the whole activity. Tick each step off as you go, and stop whenever you like.
Go hunting for the tiniest things: a seed, a petal, a blade of grass, a tiny pebble.
Fit as many as you can into the box.
Count them all at the end.
Look at each one with the magnifying glass.
Which is the tiniest?
All done!
That's every step. However it went, you made a little moment together.
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