Introducing #6
Egg Carton Math: Counting and matching 1 - 6
Instructions
- Using an egg carton, write the numbers 1 to 6 mixed up at the bottom of each segment.
- Have a bowl of many pennies (P) next to the egg carton
- Let the child add pennies to each segment as numbered and encourage him to count aloud as each penny is added to the egg carton segment. For example, as you point to the section containing the numeral 5 - the child will place 5 pennies into the segment while saying aloud 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Reinforce matching the number 6 to 6 pennies, number 5 to 5 pennies, etc.
- Click here to learn about the number 6
Simplify
Instead of writing the numerals 1 to 6 in the egg carton segments, just write the numerals 1, 2, 3 in the sections
Extend
Write the numerals 1 to 12 in the egg carton and let the child place pennies in each segment as they count aloud.
For addition practice, add two pennies to egg carton and have child shake. Now add the two numbers where the pennies landed. (use objects to count to help with the addition or use a number chart)
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
How old would you like to be and why?
What do you enjoy giving to friends?
Materials
- egg carton (6 or 12 sections - repeating numerals 1 to 6 for 12 sections)
- a bowl of pennies (goldfish crackers, raisins, pebbles, etc.)
- marker
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.