Funny Fish

We have new a book about counting and animals that the oldest one really likes.

The last page has 10 funny fish.

I noticed that the fish had heart shapes for the fins and lips.

It inspired this craft.

The little one has been drawing for sometime and really enjoys it.

Today I showed her, hand over hand, how to make a circle.

She picked up on it fairly quickly and we ended up with 6 fish, 4 of them were her circles.

She was excited to use the glue stick to attach the hearts.

Great focus and concentration.

Book - Doggies

Sandra Boynton is one of our favourite children's authors at the moment.

"Doggies" is one of my granddaughter's go-to books because she loves dogs.

To enhance the book I gathered ten toy dogs and one cat to set up as a play invitation.

My son in-law introduced the toy dogs with the book.

They decided which dogs would make which kind of bark.

If you haven't read the book then each dog has a distinctive bark

from woof to yip to n-n-n and more.

She loved all the dogs and playing with her dad.

Another day we moved them back into the bin with other props

and the play ideas grew.

It has been a fun way to introduce counting, size and build her vocabulary,

such as; big, little, long legs, running, sitting, same, different, etc.

Making Puzzles

Math Table

Have you visited Teach Preschool by Deborah J. Stewart?

I've mentioned her blog before and it's because

she does fantastic activities

that we can learn so much from.

One activity that she shared was her math table.

I loved the simple idea and decided to try it at our centre.

The table is covered with paper then divided into sections.

Each section has a number written in it and on the shelf

beside it has a variety of materials they can use

to count.

For the first few days each section had only a number

but I found not many children were playing at it.

So I added marks to correspond with each number

it became easier for younger children to play.

Counting Carrots

The children were encouraged to count the carrots in the rabbits' garden.

The carrots pop out of their hole and can be moved around.

Especially if the rabbits are hungry.

This child used the carrot and pretended to draw

and print numbers.

Spud Measuring

Over Spring Break our spuds sprouted.

This week we busily hilled them each day.

This year instead of measuring the plants I set up some paper plants

for the children to use.

They laid the blocks along the stalk till they reached the leaves

then counted them.

They recorded their number on our clip boards.

On a shelf to the side were other materials the children could use.

 The measuring tape was a popular choice.

This boy used toy fish and then the measuring tape.

Wine corks were another choice.

This picture gives you an idea how much the plants grew this week.