Introducing Number "1"

Reviewing the letters A and E and learning about the number "1"

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Video

Materials

• egg
• toothpicks or craft sticks
• dot markers 

Completion

• Share that each letter of the alphabet has a name and a sound.  The short sound of the letter "E"  is "e" as in egg.  Have the child select "one" egg from the refrigerator.  
• Explain that the number one is written as a straight line from top to bottom.  Do this in the air to illustrate.  Then ask the child to make the number 1 in the air.
• Ask him to make a number 1 using toothpicks/craft sticks (child should pick up one toothpick for numeral 1) 
• Continue using toothpicks to make the capital letters A and E while saying their sounds, the first letter of the child's name, a square (perhaps using 8 toothpicks), and the numeral 1