Reinforcing Number 6
Calendar activity
Instructions
- Look at a calendar together and review any special dates - birthday or events - to put on the calendar for this month
- Let the child find and point out the number 6 for each of the twelve months. Have the child write the number 6 next to the 6 in each calendar month
Next:
- Have one container of many objects - stones, shells, jelly beans, M&M’s, etc.
- Have another container of numbered cards 1 to 6 (child can write the numbers on the cards)
- Let the child pick a numbered card
- Place the numbered card on a table and let child select that many objects from the container
- Repeat for each number always encouraging the child to count aloud while handling the objects
Simplify
First, an adult draws a card and places that many objects on the card. Make an additional card by writing the same numeral on the new card and let the child place the correct number of objects on the card. Ask the child if the cards match by having the same number of objects. Proceed in the same way until all the numbers 1 to 6 have two cards that match numerals and with the same number of objects.
Extend
Click here to download a number line or use a ruler as a number line and use a paper clip as an arrow. Ask the child to put the arrow on the different numbers. For example, say 4, and the child moves the arrow to 4. Now ask the child to tell you a number bigger than 4 and a number smaller than 4. Proceed in the same manner for all the numbers 1 to 6.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Are you younger or older than 6 years old?
If you could have 6 items all the same, what would you choose?
Materials
- 12-month calendar or can print out a calendar here
- container/basket with objects
- container/basket/bag for index cards
- six index cards/paper (click here to purchase)
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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.