These ideas are modified from I can teach my child!
Game 1
1. Throw a big pile of shoes in the middle of the floor (not too hard for us because our shoes all mostly live in a heap just inside our door anyway)
2. Make sure they all have matches. (If you have a young toddler you might want to limit the number of pairs to 3 or 4)
3. Take one of the shoes in your hand, show it to your toddler and ask "Can you find the other one?"
4. When she/he finds each match, help her to line them up together as pairs on the floor.
Game 2
1. Find one empty laundry basket for each member of your family. Line them up against the wall, and label each with the name of a family member.
2. With the shoes still all lined up in pairs, point to one of the baskets and say "This is [Mommy's] basket. Can you find some of mommy's shoes?"
3. When the child locates them say, "Now can you put mommy's shoes into mommy's basket?"
4. Continue until all shoes have a home.
