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Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree Companion Activities
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Mmm, Subitizing With Cookies!
We’re back with more subitizing fun! We’ve teamed up with Pre-K Teacher Carolyn Steveson to create this fun freebie that helps preschoolers work on subitizing — the concept of being able to determine the number of items in a set without counting. You can find the link to download your own copy of Cookie Jar Subitizing at the bottom of the page.
This is a fantastic activity for small groups or one-on-one play.
Ahead of time, print out the cookie jar image and one or more copies of the cookies. Laminate, cut out the cookies and provide one die for each child.
Each of the 30 cookies is marked with between 1-6 chocolate chips. To play, a child rolls a die, determines the number, then selects a cookie with the same number of chips.
Each of the cookies’ chips are arranged differently than traditional dot arrangements found on dice. This activity helps children work on set identification without having to count each dot.
Let us know your thoughts!
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Roll, Add & Build a Skyscraper City Math Game
We love to use dice games in math small groups with our Pre-K kiddos, and our Roll, Add & Build A Skyscraper City game is one of our favorites. We created it after a student noted how the side-by-side stacked cubes resembled New York City skyscrapers! Indeed they do.
You’ll need two dice per child, and a whole slew of linking cubes or small blocks that can be stacked. Then turn those kiddos loose to add, subitize, identify numerals, connect numerals to quantity and strengthen their one-to-one correspondence skills.
Ugh, isn’t it just like us teachers (and parents) to make everything fun a learning experience?
Get the free download below and let us know how your kiddos enjoy it!
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Knocking Stuff Down While Learning? Subtraction Bowling Makes Preschool Math Fun
The sanctioned hurling of objects to knock things down AND learning math at the same time make for an irresistible combination when teaching the preschool crowd. This is indisputable fact.
So, let’s face it, the Subtraction Bowling freebie from Recipe for Teaching was destined to be a hit before it ever made an appearance in our classroom. And guess what? It was — with the active and reserved kiddos alike.
For each bowling alley you set up, you’ll need 10 cups and a softball-sized ball. A yarn ball, oversized pompom or … dare we suggest … a wiffle ball, if you’re adventurous, will do the trick. The kiddos throw (or roll) the ball at the cups, count how many they knocked down and record it. After subtracting the knocked down pins, they then can record the number that remain standing.
Laminate the free printouts for use with dry erase markers. Your kiddos can hurl, count, subtract and repeat to their hearts’ content!
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Things That Go “Bump” In The Classroom
Ah, Bump, a true favorite in our class! Once Upon a Learning Adventure provides this version as part of a free four-pack of math small group games.
Bump is a fun counting game for working on one-to-one correspondence, numeral identification and connecting numeral to quantity.
Children play the game in pairs, so you will need one game sheet, two six-sided dice and 12 linking cubes in each of two colors for each twosome. (We recommend laminating several copies of the game sheet because this game will surely be popular!)
So many squeals of joy come out of this game — the kiddos love “bumping” each other off a number. Additionally, once they have the game’s directions mastered, kiddos can pair up and play it independently.
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