Today I’m going to be sharing a grocery shopping activity that can easily be created by you. As my son has gotten older, taking him grocery shopping has become more and more difficult. He either wants to get out of the cart and run around or help me shop by throwing everything in the cart. To keep him occupied, I decided to create a way that he can shop with me and learn at the same time. I came up with a grocery store activity called Look and See Shop with Me.
There are a couple of different ways to create this activity. You can copy and paste clipart of different items you generally buy at the grocery store. I created the two shown above by inserting a table into Microsoft Word and then placing the pictures into each box. Then I typed the words, saved it as a pdf and had them laminated.
I also used the same pictures to create a collage of pictures, letters, and numbers. Your child can play I Spy as you grocery shop by looking for the items, letters, and numbers.
A third way to create this activity is to use different store fliers to cut and paste items onto a piece of cardstock. If you have an older child, they could help you locate and cut items that you usually buy when shopping. I then typed the words of the item to help with reading skills.
The final step is to have everything laminated so they can be used over and over again. Crayons and dry-erase markers can be used and then easily wiped off. I punched a hole in the upper left corner of everything and attached ever with a binder ring. Then I attached a crayon to the ring with string.
I hope you have fun creating your own grocery store activity! If you would like to start using this activity right away with your child and don’t have time to create your own, you are more than welcome to download the three that I created HERE. Just take them to your local office supply store and have them laminated.
Now, you can enjoy shopping again while your child learns!
AWESOME! I taught school for 22 years, and this is a PERFECT way to get children to really pay attention to what they see! You’d be amazed at how many older kids & even adults, read what THEY ‘see’ on a page and not what’s actually ON it! So, having done pre-K screening for many years, I know this is a super activity! It could even be a toss game! You know – have buckets or something with symbols & put the same symbols on beanbags. Kids could toss them in the matching buckets. Great for eye-hand coordination! Love, love, love this!
Thank you for this post! I’m going to print one up for every kid I know! Amazing idea, especially for Mom’s like me who take the whole gang (3 so far) to the grocery store with me.
These are great ideas!! Thanks for sharing!
This is so great! I can’t wait to try it with my kids!! Thanks for sharing!!
this is great! thanks for sharing! can’t wait to try it with my kids!!
what a great idea! I was just driving my kids in the little car thingy on the grocery cart telling them to help me look for things, and this would be perfect to help.
Love it!
I love this idea! Going to make one for my three year old! Thanks for sharing!
I love this idea! I am making it and will try it out next friday when we go shopping!
I LOVE these ideas- thank you for sharing the great downloads! Entertained kids at the store= much less stressed me! 🙂 Best wishes 🙂