Loving Learning

Number Books

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:48:42 +0000

Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3
Right Number Elephants by Jeff Shepard
Number Games by Ray Gibson (Usborne)

One Science

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:46:10 +0000

Discuss these topics with your children when you are studying the number one.
The sun and the moon.
What the children looked and acted like when they were one. You many want to have them bring in any pictures or clothing they have of that time.
Single animals that are hatched from eggs.
You can also add measuring cup & spoons to your water or sand box. Children can count how many scoops it takes to fill a cup.”

Follow Me

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:43:46 +0000

At group time, provide the directions containing a number.
For example, 1 jump, 2 hops, 3 leaps, 4 tiptoe steps, etc.

Number Hunt

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:43:04 +0000

Ali promotes number recognition and encourages preschool children to place numbers in order during this early math activity.

Materials: A set of number cards relevant to your children, 0-10 or 1-5 depending on abilities. Try writing the number and corresponding dots along with the number word on each card.

Description: In advance, teachers discuss the number cards with the children. Next, children sit down and close their eyes, then the teacher hides number cards around the room. Children now have to find the numbers. When they find the numbers they arrange them in to order. This activity can be played in the garden where more exciting hiding places can be found.

By cutting different shapes e.g. fish for the number cards the game can be theme based. When using fish, I ask the children to feed a shark with the fish in order. The shark is a cardboard box with a toothy mouth cut in it. If you make a hole in the back of the box you can put your arm inside and grab the fish from the children like a real shark. The children really enjoy learning number concepts this way.

Comments: Just plain numbers are fun but by changing the shape of the numbers the children feel their playing another game and experience a great deal of number concept reinforcement.
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Math Muffin Tins

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:42:21 +0000

Preschool children recognize numbers, count and sort during this activity by Chris.

Materials: Cupcake paper liners, felt tip marker, poker chips or anything they can count and sort.

Description: Teachers with marker, on the muffin liners write numbers 1-10 and then have the kids count and sort that many items into each liner.

Dinosaur Books

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:41:36 +0000

“BOOKS – “”Mom, Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Please?”" :”"The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone”"”"Dinosaurs”" A Pop-Up Book Published by Grandreams, Dinofour – Metzger, Dinosaur Babies by Lucille Recht Penner , The Day Of The Dinosaur by Jan and Stan Berenstain , Dinosaur Days Joyce Milton , Dinosaur ROAR by paul & Henrietta Strickland
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Dinosaur Island

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:40:31 +0000

When we learned about dinosaurs we had a fun activity for the kids. Fill a water table and give the kids “islands” to float. We cut foam meat trays into different shapes for the islands. We then gave the kids plastic dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes. They then had to place the dinosaurs on the islands until they sank the island. Our kids had so much fun with this they still ask us to play and we did that theme 2 months ago!

Dino Snout

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:39:56 +0000

It is a paper cup with a triangle cut out of the closed end of the cup with construction paper teeth glued on. The cups can be painted or covered with paper and a string can be attached so they can be worn. The kids love to do Dino parades with their snouts and noises of their dinosaur after.

Til it’s Gone

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:38:11 +0000

To really develop the idea of the meaning of extinct, we hang a sign up saying that cows have been placed on the endangered species list.. then several days later, another sign saying that cows have been declared extinct – what will you miss having?

Dinosaur Bath Bomb

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:34:53 +0000

Make a paste of dry Ivory Snow detergent and water. Form it into an egg shape around a plastic dinosaur. When they’re dry, send them home. The eggs will “hatch” during bath time.