Chore guide
Match the socks
Find the pairs and roll them together.
- 1 star
- Ages 3 to 6
- Weekly
- Tidy and home

Matching socks is a perfect first laundry chore for children aged 3 to 6. It is a sorting game that happens to help the family.

Try this week with your kids
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Why it matters
Sock matching practices colors, patterns and counting while teaching kids that laundry is a shared job.
Steps for kids
- Tip the socks onto the floor.
- Find 2 socks that look the same.
- Roll them into a ball.
- Make a pile of pairs.
- Count your pairs!
How to teach it by age
- Ages 3 to 4
Match by color. Help them roll the pairs.
- Ages 5 to 6
Match by pattern and size, then put the pairs in each person's pile.




