Figured I would explain the two games shown in the storage post while I am at it. First is a simple sound discrimination game made from craft sticks and varied sizes of bells.  (both available in the craft section of Walmart or the like) You put a bell on each end of a pair of the sticks.  In case you are thinking glue would have been faster let me save you the trouble.  The bells stick yes, but they dont jingle. : P   Play is most effective when the children are blindfolded so they can’t identify by sight. you can make the game harder by making intermediate pairs from, say,  small and medium bells.

Next is the poker chip patterning game from I Can Do It (see left sidebar – it is a must have!). You make mats from standard craft sized felt rectangles and trace chips in various patterns onto one side of the mats. To play the children can initially place chips right onto the tracing. I made dots on the outlines so if they wish they can practice patterns and counting by placing that number of chips in the pattern. Later they can reproduce the pattern on the blank side of the mat.  Much later yet they can make mirror images of the patterns such as those found in books like Building Thinking Skills.  I like games like this that have multiple levels of play.  More bang for your buck. ; D