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Created by Candace Conley, Elementary Mathematics Coach, Garfield Elementary School
PK.CC.MA.1:
Listen to and say the names of numbers in meaningful contexts.
BOOK ACTIVITY: The Bravest Fish by Matt Buckingham
MUFFIN TIN SORTING:
Preschool children recognize numbers, count, and sort during this activity.
Materials: Cupcake paper liners, felt tip marker, goldfish crackers ( to bring the story to life), poker chips, coins, macaroni, buttons, or anything children can count and sort.
Description: After reading the book with your child, write the numbers 1-10 with marker, on the muffin liners. Children then count and sort that many items into each liner. Repeat using different objects.
PK.CC.MA.2: Recognize and name written numerals 0-10.
PK.CC.MA.3: Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to ten.
BOOK ACTIVITY: Big Red Barn by Margret Wise BrownDescription: Read the story with your child. Complete the animal counting activity below and on the next page._________________________________
EXTENSION: Fill a small jar or cup with 1-10 animal crackers. Ask your child to guess how many animal crackers are in the jar. Write the number. Take the crackers out of the jar and count.
PK.CC.MA.2: Recognize and name written numerals 0-10.
PK.CC.MA.3: Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to ten.
BOOK ACTIVITY: Curious George Makes Pancakes by Margret and H.A. Rey
Description: Read the story with your child. Look at the pictures of blueberry pancakes below. Count the blueberries in each pancake. Say the number of blueberries. Match each written number to the pancake with the same number of blueberries.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
EXTENSION: Make pancakes with your child just like Curious George did. Have your child place a different number of blueberries (*or other fruit, chocolate chips, etc.) between 1 and 10 on top. Count them.
PK.CC.MA.3: Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to ten. PK.CC.MA.4: Count many kinds of concrete objects and actions up to ten, using one to one correspondence, and accurately count as many as seven things in a scattered configuration.
How many feet were asleep in the NAPPING HOUSE?
Count all of the feet with your child. (Granny, child, dog, cat, mouse and flea). Write the number.
When everyone is asleep in your house (including pets), how many feet are asleep?
Draw a picture of your house when everyone is asleep. Don’t forget your pets! How many feet are asleep in your house? Count them and write the number.
BOOK ACTIVITY: The Napping House by Audrey Wood
PK.CC.MA.4: Count many kinds of concrete objects and actions up to ten, using one to one correspondence, and accurately count as many as seven things in a scattered configuration. PK.CC.MA.5: Use comparative language, such as more/less than, equal to, to compare and describe collections of objects.
BOOK ACTIVITY: The Bravest Fish by Matt Buckingham
WHICH HAS MORE?:
Materials: 10 paper cups, small objects to place under each cup such as goldfish crackers ( to bring the story to life), shells, coins, macaroni, buttons, or anything that will fit under a paper cup.
Description: After reading the story with your child, parents place a different number of objects (1- 10 ) under the cups. Each person picks up a cup and counts the objects under his/her cup. Discuss who has more, who has less, or if they have the same.
Extend by asking how many more or less each person has.
PK.CC.MA.3: Understand the relationships between numerals and quantities up to ten.
PK.OA.MA.1: Use concrete objects to model real world addition (putting together) and subtraction (taking away) problems up through five.
BOOK ACTIVITY: The Bravest Fish by Matt Buckingham
Description: Read the story with your child. Use “Goldfish Crackers” (or cut out the pictures of goldfish below) and the ten frame below to practice counting quantities to ten. Place any amount of fish (between 1 and 10) in the ten frame. Help your child count them. Have them find how many more they would need to fill the 10 frame.
PK.OA.MA.1: Use concrete objects to model real world addition (putting together) and subtraction (taking away) problems up through five.
Materials: Book, clay or animal crackers
Description: Read the book with your child. Make the animals from the story out of clay and dry them, OR use animal crackers to bring the story to life. Put some of one type of animal on the “part” section of the part-part-whole mat. Put some of another type of animal on the other “part” section of the part-part-whole mat. Push both parts into the whole section and count the animals altogether. Record as addition sentences. Reverse the process for subtraction by starting with a large group of animals in the “whole” section of the part-part-whole mat. Separate them into the “part” sections. Record as subtraction sentences.
BOOK ACTIVITY: Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
PK.OA.MA.1: Use concrete objects to model real world addition (putting together) and subtraction (taking away) problems up through five.
Materials: Book, clay, common objects (poker chips, coins, macaroni, or buttons)
Description: Read the book with your child. Make the animals from the story out of clay and dry them, OR use common objects (poker chips, coins, macaroni, or buttons) to represent the animals. Act out and write the addition sentences for each part of the story (as each new animal joins Chicken Little).
Fill in or recreate the addition chart below:
BOOK ACTIVITY: Chicken Little (pictures by Laura Rader)
1 + 1 = __ Chicken Little + Henny Penny
2 + 1 = __ C.L. and H.P. + Cocky Locky
3 + 1 = __ C.L., H.P., and C.L. + Ducky Lucky
4 + 1 = __ C.L., H.P., C.L., and D.L. + Goosey Loosey
PK.OA.MA.1: Use concrete objects to model real world addition (putting together) and subtraction (taking away) problems up through five.
Go to the beach!Materials: Seashells, beach pail or bucket
Description: Go on a seashell hunt, collecting shells in the pail/bucket. Return to your beach blanket and empty the seashells out.
ADDITION ACTIVITY : Place some (1-5) shells in one space and some (1-5) in another. Have the children count each set separately and then the two sets together (in all). Continue the activity using different numbers of shells.
SUBTRACTION ACTIVITY : Place some (1-5) shells on a beach blanket. Have the children count them. Take some of the shells away. Help your child to count how many are left. Continue the activity using different numbers of shells.
*REPEAT the above activity in the fall as a post-reading activity for Chicken Little (pictures by Laura Rader) using acorns as counters.
PK.MD.MA.1 Recognize the attributes of length, area, weight, and capacity of every day objects using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. long, short, tall, heavy, light, big, small, wide, narrow).PK.MD.MA.2 Compare the attributes of length and weight for two objects, including longer/shorter, same length; heavier, lighter, same weight; holds more/less, holds the same amount.
SAND CASTLES
Go to the beach!
Materials: Sand, beach pail or bucket, shovel, other sand tools
Description: Build sandcastles (*each person in your group build their own).
Discuss the finished castles using comparative words as listed above.
*You can also compare the amount of sand/water in buckets using the above vocabulary.
PK.MD.MA.1 Recognize the attributes of length, area, weight, and capacity of every day objects using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. long, short, tall, heavy, light, big, small, wide, narrow).
PK.MD.MA.2 Compare the attributes of length and weight for two objects, including longer/shorter, same length; heavier, lighter, same weight; holds more/less, holds the same amount.
PLANT MATH:
Materials: plants/flowers, pictures of plants/flowers, paper clips, pencils, or other non-standard measurement tools.
Children can then measure real, artificial or pictures of plants or flowers. Snap cubes, blocks, paper clips or unsharpened pencils or another measuring tool can be used.
Extend this activity by comparing the measurementsof two plants/flowers and/or pictures of plants/flowersboth inside and outside of your home. (i.e., Which is longer? Which is shorter? Which two have the same length?)
PK.MD.MA.2 Compare the attributes of length and weight for two objects, including longer/shorter, same length; heavier, lighter, same weight; holds more/less, holds the same amount.
MEASURING WITH CLOTHESPINS:
Materials: Clothespins (*or cut outs of the clothespins below).
Description: Read the story and discuss it with your child.
Children can then measure the length and heights items both inside and outside of your home using the clothespins.
Extension: Have them try to find items that have a set length (number of clothespins), i.e., “Find an object in the kitchen that is 4 clothespins long.”
BOOK ACTIVITY: Mrs.McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks
PK.MD.MA.1 Recognize the attributes of length, area, weight, and capacity of every day objects using appropriate vocabulary (e.g. long, short, tall, heavy, light, big, small, wide, narrow.
PK.MD.MA.3 Sort, categorize, and classify objects by more than one attribute.
LEARNING TO SORT OBJECTS:
Involve your child in a sorting chore. Examples: Have him or her sort the clean forks, spoons before putting them away. He or she could sort the families shoes by size or color. He or she could sort laundry by color or match clean socks in pairs before putting them away. The possibilities are endless!
BUTTON SORT:
Materials: Buttons of different sizes, styles, and colors.
Description: Put buttons out on a table all mixed together.
Have your child make two groups of buttons that are the same. Have him/her describe how they are alike (color, size, etc.).
PK.MD.MA.3 Sort, categorize, and classify objects by more than one attribute.
SHELL SORT:
Go to the beach!
Materials: Seashells, beach pail or bucket
Description: Go on a seashell hunt, collecting shells in the pail/bucket.
Return to your beach blanket and empty the seashells out.
Sort the shells by either size, shape, or color.
EXPLORATORY EXTENSION ACTIVITY:
Create, describe, and extend patterns with the shells (i.e., a.) big, little, big, little, b.) white, blue, blue, white, blue, blue, etc. )
SORTING MONEY:
Materials: Assorted coins and bills (either real or play money)
Description: Put coins and bills out on a table all mixed together.
Have your child sort the coins and bills and count the actual number of each coin or bill (while reinforcing the coin and bill names).
Have your child explain the differences between the types of coins, such as size, color, and picture.
Extension: “Penny Store” Place money values between 1 and 10 cents on items around the house. Have your child count out the pennies to “buy the item.”
10 cents
PK.MD.MA.4 Recognize that certain objects are coins and that dollars and coins represent money.
PLAYGROUND OBSTACLE COURSE:
Bring your child (and maybe a friend) to the local
park/playground and have them follow directions to complete
an obstacle course. Use the following verbal instructions or
create some of your own:
1. Run AROUND the play structure 2 times.
2. Climb up HIGH ABOVE the slide to slide down the slide.
3. Slide down to get back down BELOW.
4. Hop on 1 foot IN FRONT OF the swing.
5. Hop on the other foot BESIDE the slide.
6. Jump your feet APART and TOGETHER 10 times NEXT TO the tree.
7. Crawl UNDER the slide.
8. Clap your hand ABOVE your head 3 times…you’re done!
PK.G.MA.1 Identify relative positions of objects in space, and use appropriate language (e.g. beside, inside, next to, close to, above, below, apart).
PK.G.MA.2
Identify various two dimensional shapes, using appropriate language.
SHAPE SCAVENGER HUNT:
Go on a shape scavenger hunt around the neighborhood with your child. Find examples of these basic shapes in the environment. Have your child draw pictures of what you find.
Can you find these shapes in this picture of the NAPPING HOUSE?
Color the circles red.
Color the triangles blue.
Color the squares brown.
Color the rectangles black.
PK.G.MA.2
Identify various two dimensional shapes, using appropriate language.
Look for these shapes in the book THE NAPPING HOUSE .
Explore your neighborhood together. Can you find these shapes on buildings and houses in your neighborhood?
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BOOK ACTIVITY:
The Napping House
by Audrey Wood
PK.G.MA.3
Create and represent three dimensional shapes (ball/sphere, square box/cube, tube/cylinder) using various manipulative materials (such as popsicle sticks, blocks, pipe cleaners, pattern blocks).
KITCHEN SCAVENGER HUNT:
Search the kitchen for objects that have the same shape as: a ball/sphere, a square box/cube, and a tube/cylinder (e.g., cans, cups, boxes, oranges (*or other fruits), a spherical light fixture, etc.
TUBE BUILDINGS:
Create building structures using recycled materials (e.g., paper towel tubes, tape rolls, etc.) as pictured below.
Organize and draw conclusions from facts they have collected.
OBSERVATION WALK:
Materials: construction paper, scissors, glue, magazines, crayons.
Description: Take a walk with your child. As you walk ask your child to look at the different ways people are moving (i.e., walking, running, biking, driving, etc. ) Ask your child to tell you how the people are moving. Use a journal or clipboard to take note of the various movements.
When you return home make a graph depicting the information you discovered. Use pictures from magazines or draw pictures. Below is one example.
Use estimation in meaningful ways and follow up by verifying the accuracy of estimations.
BOOK ACTIVITY: Mrs.McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks
COUNTING CLOTHESPINS GAME:
Materials: 10 clothespins and one large empty milk carton.
Description: Place the milk carton at your child's feet. Have your child estimate the number of clothespins that he/she will successfully drop into the container.
Next, have them hold a clothespin at eye level, and tell him or her to drop the clothespin into the container.
Have your child count the number of successes out of ten tries. How close is the actual number to the number they guessed?
Observe and manipulate concrete examples of whole and half.
WHAT IS ONE HALF? :
Go to the beach!
Materials: Different sized containers (pails, bowls, etc.), sand shovels, spoons.
Description: Provide opportunities for children to fill containers half full with water or sand.
Help children understand that, depending on the size of the container, one half might be larger than another.
You can also discuss halves and fair shares at home with food items in the kitchen (i.e., ½ sandwich, fruit, etc).
