Letter and Number Sticker Matching

This is a simple activity to put together that helped Juliette recognize uppercase and lowercase letters.

First, I wrote all the letters of the alphabet in capitals on colored dot stickers. Then I wrote the lowercase letters on a plain piece of paper. I did these in a random order so Juliette really had to hunt for them. Finally, she used the stickers to cover the letter matches.

This was the perfect activity for my sticker loving preschooler!!! After she finished she said "another one, another one!!"

So next we did this with numbers and dots. She practiced counting the dots and covering them with the matching number.

stART~Ten Black Dots

 

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This week we read Ten Black Dots, by Donald Crews.  Emily enjoyed reading this book at school and at home.  This is a great picture book that shows the many different things that different amounts of black dots can become.  The rhyming text is fun to read and the girls loved seeing all of the different things that the dots became on each page.

To go along with this book Emily picked a number of black dots and then imagined what they could be.  Then she glued the black dots on the paper and used them as part of her picture.

Emily decided that four black dots can be the wheels on a car.

Candy Corn Math ~ Patterns

When I first saw the giant bag of Candy Corn Harvest Mix  sorting the bag and making patterns are actually the first things that came to my mind.  So I gave Emily three empty apple sauce cups and had her sort the candy corn.  Then we had fun working on creating all different patterns with our candy corn.

We worked on ABA and ABBA patterns this time.  After I made a few Emily decided that she would make some for me to try.  It was fun taking turns and trying out different patterns with our candy corn.  Of course we had fun eating a few pieces once we were all finished too :0)

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Candy Corn Math ~ Grid Game

When I went to the store to get a bag of candy corn for my Candy Corn Wreath project, I saw this bag of Autumn Mix Candy and immediately thought off all the fun activities we could use it for, oh and yes we could enjoy eating it too!!

I first saw the idea for Grid Games on the PreKinders website, there are many wonderful printable versions available on her site.  I am low on ink so I decided to use my ice cube trays instead of printing out the grids and my handy bag of Harvest Mix Candy Corn as the manipulative.

Emily and I played this game together.  We each got an ice cube tray and a cup of Candy Corn.  To play, Emily rolled our Foam Dice and told me the number that she rolled.  Then she counted out that amount of Candy Corn and placed one in each spot in the ice cube tray.  Next, I did the same thing.  The winner was the first person to fill all of the spots in their try.

This can be done individually as well, but Emily loves when I join in on activities like this and I find it a lot more fun than just watching too!

This activity is great for teaching 1 to 1 correspondence and counting as well as practicing fine motor skills.

 

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C-A-T Letter Find, Sort and Graph

While I was looking for something in the basement I came across a box of all my teaching posters.  When I saw this bar graph one I knew that Emily would have fun using dry erase markers to create a graph.

1.  I found all the C-A-T magnetic letters that we had and hid them in our rice krispies sensory tub for Emily to find.

2. After she found all of the letters she sorted them.  I used pipe cleaners linked together to form a circle for her to sort them into.

3.  Next, Emily placed the letters on the bar graph chart that I had from when I was teaching 4th grade.  We compared the number of letters and talked about which had the most and which had the fewest.

4.  Finally Emily colored in the chart with dry erase markers.  She took off one letter at a time and colored the square.

The finished graph.  Emily was so proud of her work that as soon as Daddy came home she told him about it!

Which One Does Not Belong??

We have been working on grouping and these activities are perfect for practicing and reinforcing this important early math skill. 

First, I created a Which One of These is Different worksheet (click on the link for a free download) for Emily. 

She had to find the picture that was not like the others and did not belong in the group. 

First, she pointed to it, then she told me why it was different and then she used her marker to circle it.

Another fun hands on way to practice this grouping skill is to collect a group of items that are all the same and then include one that is slightly different.  I showed them to Emily and then she picked up the one that was different and told me why.

You’ve got to love little people, so many wonderful activities that you can use them for!!  Which one doesn’t belong???

 

I love these links too, they are awesome teething toys, they keep Juliette’s toys off of the floor, and great for grouping with Emily, so which one doesn’t belong??

 

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