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#8

Counting fun

Month 10 · Activity 7 ·   Numbers  

Instructions

  • Together go around the home and count all the doors in a room or whole house
  • Together go around the home and count all the windows in a room or whole house
  • Have a container of objects (pennies, pretzels, jelly beans, marbles, toy cars, etc.)
  • Ask child to remove 2 objects and count aloud
  • Ask child to remove 6 objects and place with the original 2 objects 
  • Count all the objects aloud. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
  • Return to container
  • Ask child to remove 4 objects and count aloud
  • Ask child to remove another 4 objects and place with the original 4 objects
  • Count all the objects aloud. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.  
  • Return to container.
  • Continue removing objects with other combinations that add up to 8 - 1 and 7, 3 and 5, 5 and 3, 6 and 2, 7 and 1

Simplify

Have adult remove the objects from the container (For example, say aloud "I am removing two objects.  I am now removingf six objects.  Together, lets count aloud how many objects are on the table.")  Continue with all combinations for making eight.

Materials

  • container full of small objects 
  • Math & Science Skills
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