Children enjoy counting and also they love numbers. We have to use the numbers daily in each activity.
Watermelon Seed Counting
Materials:
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Black buttoms
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Watermelon made with cardboard.
Procedure:
The child will put the correct quantity of buttoms in each watermelon.
Pompom Flower
Materials:
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Pompoms
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Flashcards of the numbers.
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Flashcards with the flower stems.
Procedure:
The child will count the stems, match the numbers to the correct flower card, then put on the pompom blossoms.
Apples & Worms
Materials:
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Printable apple with the number (apple cards)
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Large green Popsicle Sticks
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A black Sharpie
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An X-ACTO knife or pair of scissors
Procedure:
Children will match a numbered worm with the correct apple, the child will slide the Popsicle Stick into the slots that were made on his apple card to make it look like his worm is eating directly on his apple.
Sweet Corn
Materials:
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Corn Templates of (construction paper)
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Dices
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Candies
Procedure:
The child will decorate the corn with the candies according to the amount that the dices said. And at the end of the activity, the child can eat them.
Eco Material: Pipe Cleaner counting
Materials:
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Pipe cleaners (different colors)
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Paper cups
Procedure:
Children will introduce the correct amount of pipe cleaners in each paper cup.
Learning with experinces 