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NUMBER: 4 Pre-Math: Counting: Cut a 4-cup section from an egg carton. Label the sections 1-4. Provide a container of corn kernels for children to count out and place in the appropriate sections. (I always like to place more than the required amount of corn in the container so that by the time the children get to #4, they must still count out 4 kernels.)
Four Feathers: This might best be done outdoors where there's lots of room to move around: Give each child 4 feathers from a cheap feather duster to do with as s/he pleases (blow up in the air, blow off a table, toss up and try to catch, sandbox play, throw them up in a breeze, etc).
Group Time: Place your entire pile of blocks in the
middle of the group and ask, "How many ways can you stack four blocks?"
Variation: Or, during your first "Greetings" Group Time, tell
the children you would like for them to take turns during playtime and go to the
"Blocks Center" and choose 4 blocks to stack in as many ways as they
can.
Stormie's
Games: By the way, I offer a "Counting Cards"
game in the "Teaching Aids" section of "Stormie's
Stuff for Teachers.
From Ola Coker,
Kilgore, Texas:
Hokey Pokey Numbers: A neat way
to teach number recognition is to use the words to the Hokey Pokey song.
An example would be: Have four children stand up during Group Time and give them
the "number 4" to hold out in front of them. (You can print the number on
a large index card in advance.) Then sing......You put your number 4 in,
you take your number 4 out, you......you do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself
around. That's what it's all about. The kids love playing this game.
You can do the same thing with other
numbers as well as with shapes and letters.
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