I found a very easy envelope template to use for this. I made the envelopes from construction paper of different colors. Gluing the sides and then the bottom (I cut off the top). I made mine 4.5 inches tall and 2.5 inches wide.
You can use colored craft sticks to let your child match them to the envelopes. You can also use these as a counting game by making number cards to decide how many items go into each envelope.
A while back I made my sister (who is a preschool teacher) some clowns to use for her Circus Theme in her classroom. She came up with a great idea to use a couple of the clowns to help with counting! She would give the child a number and then that would be the amount of pom poms the clown would be juggling.
All I did was print out the clowns, color them with colored pencils,cut and laminate.
Numbers can be fun or frustrating depending on the time of day, the child, which way the big tree branch is pointing in the front yard. Sometimes there is just no rhythm or reason as to why some little ones pick it up faster than other or why some are interested and some are not.
We cannot fear our child’s college prep score later just because they are not interested in numbers now. But we can help them become interested and have fun with learning. My belief is that when they have fun; they learn. They may not realize it, but they are learning.
I hope you find the math items helpful. More will come as seasons change. It’s summertime and time to hit the beach!
So here are the pails and the seashells for your little ones to count.
I used textured card stock for the shells and used colored pencils to do the enhancements on them.
You will need: Construction paper, card stock (optional), glue, markers and colored pencils.
I found the templates for the shells on Just Paint It Blog.com and shrunk them down to the size that I needed them.
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It’s Springtime and time for flowers!
With this activity; I made 5 flower pots using textured card stock, and free-handed a bunch of flowers. I again laminated everything (of course).
All you have to do for this one is print everything off!
I print the baskets off in landscape (5×7) and the apples I use Microsoft Word to copy and paste multiple ones to a sheet and then copy a sheet. I can usually get 12-14 a sheet depending on how big I want them.
Again, I laminate to make them last.
Cupcakes are fun to eat and fun to decorate! So why not let the kiddos decorate and learn to count at the same time? Using pom poms or buttons, or anything you thing would be a great additive to the game have them decorate their cupcakes according to what the card tells them.
All you need is construction paper, card stock, glue, markers, number stickers (optional).
Who doesn’t like ice cream! This is a fun way to get those young ones to play and to learn math! Just scoop the ice cream onto the cones.
All you need is construction paper, colored pencils and permanent markers.
Cut out the cones, ice cream and numbers, then laminate. I actually used file folders for the ice cream cones because they looked more like cones that any construction paper color that I could find. I wrote a number on each cone so the child knew how many ice cream scoops to put on each cone.
This is a fun way to get your young ones to learn numbers. All you need is construction paper, card stock, glue, pom poms or buttons. You can use stickers for the numbers, write them with permanent marker or use cut-outs. Use pom poms or buttons for the seeds. Any markings that you do; do before laminating. Glue numbers and melon to card stock and laminate. I cut out out the lighter and darker part of the rind of the template to trace onto the construction paper.
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