🫣 Where Did It Go?
Hide a toy under a cloth — still there, even when you can't see it.
📚 Learn·10 min·Free·Ages 0–2·👶 Easy·🧑 Light
⚠️ Safety first
Stay within arm's reach. Keep the cloth in your hands — never leave fabric with a baby.
You know your child best — supervise the whole time and skip anything that isn't right for them. See our Terms.
Why this is good for your child
- ✓Object permanence
- ✓Problem solving
🌱 Montessori-inspired · Early Math
What you need
Cloth · A small toy
How to do it
- 1.Show them a toy, then cover half of it with a cloth.
- 2.Wait for the pull.
- 3.Next time, cover it completely.
How it actually goes
- ⏱ 30-second set-up —
- Thirty seconds: put cloth, a small toy on a tray or a clear bit of floor, and sit down next to it before you call them over.
- 🧑 What you do —
- Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
- 👶 What they do —
- Line things up, count out loud, and notice what's the same.
- ✅ What success looks like —
- Under 1, watching, mouthing and batting at it is the whole activity. Two minutes of real attention is a good session.
- 🧺 How to put it away —
- Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
- 📈 When they outgrow it —
- Older? Count it, then ask how many there'd be with one more.