Your child will have fun counting cotton balls and placing them on the correct number cloud!
What is our theme? The weather
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? The children will be able to identify the numbers 0 through 10. They will be able to count using one to one correspondence.
MA Guidelines/Standards: Recognize and name written numerals 0-10. Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to 10.
Learning Outcomes: Your child will have fun counting cotton balls and placing them on the correct number cloud
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques) Have your child count things around the house ( forks, shoes,how many doors are in our house? etc. )
Materials: Large piece of blue paper ( sky ), cotton balls, black marker
Activity (Procedure):
Activity Wrap Up: Your child is having fun counting cotton balls and adding them to the clouds
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment) Can your child count using one- to -one correspondence? Can your child identify the numbers 0-10?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications) You can use other items other than cotton balls. Count Cheerios, beads, raisins, etc.
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions) You don’t have to do this inside. You could draw clouds on a driveway with chalk or make clouds in the sand and count rocks, acorns, blades of grass etc.
What is our theme? The weather
What is the lesson (overall purpose)? The children will be able to identify the numbers 0 through 10. They will be able to count using one to one correspondence.
MA Guidelines/Standards: Recognize and name written numerals 0-10. Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to 10.
Learning Outcomes: Your child will have fun counting cotton balls and placing them on the correct number cloud
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques) Have your child count things around the house ( forks, shoes,how many doors are in our house? etc. )
Materials: Large piece of blue paper ( sky ), cotton balls, black marker
Activity (Procedure):
- On a large piece of blue paper draw 11 clouds
- In the clouds add the numbers 0 through 10
- Now have your child add the correct amount of cotton balls to each of the clouds
Activity Wrap Up: Your child is having fun counting cotton balls and adding them to the clouds
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment) Can your child count using one- to -one correspondence? Can your child identify the numbers 0-10?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications) You can use other items other than cotton balls. Count Cheerios, beads, raisins, etc.
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions) You don’t have to do this inside. You could draw clouds on a driveway with chalk or make clouds in the sand and count rocks, acorns, blades of grass etc.
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