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Math
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*Classification
Which One's Different
Need: 3 same objects and 1 different object (ex. 3 red crayons and 1 blue)
Put out the objects tell the children that one object is not like the
others (stressing the word not). Ask the children to point to the
object that is not the same as the other objects. Repeat with another
series of objects.
*Counting
*Fingerplay/Songs
Johnny Hammers
Johnny hammers with one hammer
(pound on the floor with your fist)
One hammer
One hammer
Johnny hammers with one hammer
Johnny hammers with two hammers
(pound on the floor with both fist)
Two hammers
Two hammers
Johnny hammers with two hammers
Johnny hammers with three hammers
(pound on the floor with both fist and one foot)
Three hammers
Three hammers
Johnny hammers with three hammers
Johnny hammers with four hammers
(pound on the floor with both fist and both feet)
Four hammers
Four hammers
Johnny hammers with four hammers
Johnny hammers with five hammers
(pound on the floor with both fist, both feet, and nod your head)
Five hammers
Five hammers
Johnny hammers with five hammers
*Measurement
How Much Did You Grow?
Need: Yarn and Envelopes with each child's name on it.
Do this at the beginning of the school year. Ask the child to lie on
the floor as you stretch the yarn from head to toe. Cut and place the
yarn in a envelope with the child's name on it. In June measure the
children again with yarn and compare to the length taken at the
beginning of the school year.
*Opposites
Feather Feet
Collect and remove the feathers from several feather dusters. Place
the feathers in a long box. Have the toddlers remove their shoes and
socks and walk barefoot through the feathers. Then, have them walk on
a hard floor. Talk about how soft the feathers feel and how hard the
floor feels.
Elevator Game
Have the toddlers pretend to go up and down in a elevator. Have them
go up in an elevator, raising their bodies up and up until they are
on their tiptoes. Next have them go down in an elevator, lowering
their bodies to the floor.
Newspaper Pillow
Set out sheets of newspaper and a large pillowcases. Show the
children how to crumple up the newspaper and stuff it into the
pillowcase. Encourage them to crumple the newspaper quickly, slowly,
noisily, quietly, with their feet. Continue putting crumpled
newspaper into the pillowcases until they are full.
Off and On
Have the children sit on a floor next to a light switch. Place a step
stool under the light switch. Have children take turns turning the
lights off and on. As the lights go off, have everyone say
"Off." As the lights go on, have everyone say "On."
**Pairs
Grocery Pairs
Need: A variety of empty food
containers in pairs (2 jello boxes, 2 salt boxes, etc...)
Place the empty food containers in
grocery sacks. Ask the children to help put up the groceries in the
dramatic play center. But explain that they first have to find the
matching items in the bags.
*Shapes
*Art
Sponge A Shape
Cut sponges into different shapes. Place tempera paint in pie tins.
You may want to clip string type clothes pins onto the sponge shapes.
Give children a sheet of construction paper for them to make prints onto.
Feel A Shape
Cut shapes from construction paper or oaktag. Have a variety of
materials of various textures (sandpaper, corduroy, styrofoam,
velvet, yarn, cotton balls, felt)
Have the children glue a variety of textures onto the construction
paper shapes to create Feely Shapes. If you use large shapes from
construction paper hang low on the walls for the children to explore
on their own.
*Science/Math
Find A Shape
When learning shapes begin with the circle. Cut circles out of
construction paper. Give each child a shape. Take a walk around your
room. When you find an item in the room that is a circle, tape the
construction paper one on it. How many circles can you find?
Repeat at another time with different shapes.
*Spatial Relationships
Obstacle Course
Set up an obstacle course using table, jump rope, chair, etc.
Give short directions:
Crawl under the table. Walk around the rope. Sit on the chair. Crawl
over the table.
*Weighing
Animal Weigh
Set out an infant scale and let the children use it to weigh dolls
and stuffed animals.
*Downloads
Keyboard Pounder
Win 95/98, Freeware, Size: 910 Kb
Site:
Little Bits Multimedia
For parents with curious young children. Let your baby pound away in
safety , no need to worry about programs or files accidentally
deleted, modified, or started..... Instant cause and effect ... soft
music and fish, flowers, and butterflies.
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