Making Circle Clouds
Developing finger dexterity and estimation skills
Instructions
- Cut out 2 circles from clear contact paper
- One circle is around 4 inches wide and the other is bigger around 8 inches wide
- Staple the circles, sticky side up to a piece of blue construction paper
- Let child guess how many cotton balls it would take to fill in the small circle
- Remove the backing and let the child fill the small circle with cotton balls
- Count the balls and compare to the child’s guess
- Now estimate how many cotton balls it will take to fill the bigger circle
- Remove the back and let the child fill the bigger circle with cotton balls
- Compare to the child’s guess of how many cotton balls
- Have the child point to the bigger cloud
Simplify
Have an adult staple the contact paper to the construction paper and encourage the child to add the cotton balls
Extend
Instead of using fingers to place the cotton balls, use tweezers or tongs to help develop finger control
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Can you guess how old I am?
What is something I can do at my age, that you are unable to do?
Materials
- clear contact paper (click here to purchase)
- blue construction paper
- stapler
- cotton balls (click here to purchase) or miniature marshmallows (click here to purchase)
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Circle
- Color - Blue
- Number - Two, 2
- Alphabet Letters - B, F
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Joyfulness
- Target Words - Big, Bigger, Happy, Small
Monthly Proverb
Unknown “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day."
Did You Know?
“A 3-year-old toddler's brain is twice as active as an adult's brain.”- Sean Brotherson, NDSU
Books to Read
"Color Dance"
by Ann Jonas (Activity 8)
"The Grouchy Ladybug"
Eric Carle (Activity 12)
"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"
by Bill Martin and John Archambault (Activity 4)
"Color Dance" VIDEO
by Ann Jonas (Activity 8)
"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" VIDEO
by Bill Martin and John Archambault (Activity 4)
"The Grouchy Ladybug" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 12)
Music Playlist
"Jump Up It’s A Good Day"
by Brady Rymer Album Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could (Children) (Activity 10)
"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes "
by Countdown Kids Album 100 Silly Songs (Children) (Activity 24)
"Joyfulness"
by Nabil David Huening Album Children’s Virtues Songs (Children) (Activity 13)
"If You’re Happy and You Know It "
by Dora the Explorer Album Party Favorites (Activity 26)
"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" VIDEO
by Super Simple Songs (Activity 24)
"If You're Happy and You Know It" VIDEO
by Super Simple Songs (Activity 26)
"Joyfulness" VIDEO
by Nabil David Huening (Activity 13)
"Jump Up It's A Good Day" VIDEO
by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could (Activity 10)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Touch Your Nose
(Activity 25 Month 2)
Touch your nose, touch your chin, That’s the way this game begins.
Touch your eyes, Touch your knees; Now pretend you’re going to sneeze.
Touch your hair, Touch one ear; Touch your two red lips right here.
Touch your elbows where they bend,
That’s the way this touch game ends.