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Cereal Shake
You will need two small plastic containers with lids.
Help your child put “one” piece of her favorite cereal in one container and
“many” pieces in the other.
Have your child shake the container with “one” and the container with “many”
and listen to the different sounds they make.
Shake a container behind your child’s back and see if she can guess whether
there is “one” or “many” in the shaker.
Let your child choose which container she would like to open first to eat
for snack!
Finger Play Fun
Do finger plays and sing songs with your child that introduce counting words.
Here are two simple ones:
Here is the Bee Hive
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“Here is the bee hive, (hold out one hand)
Where are the bees? (make a fist)
Hiding out where nobody sees - (put fist behind your back)
They are coming out now, (bring fist back around)
They are all alive: (open fist and wiggle fingers)
One, two, three, four, five” (put up one finger at a time)
Five Little Ducks
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“Five little ducks went out to play, (hold up hand with 5 fingers extended)
Over the hill and far away, (put hand behind your back)
The mother duck said, ‘Quack, quack, quack’
And four little ducks came waddling back.” (show hand with 4 fingers extended)
Continue with 3, 2, and 1 little duck.
Funny Faces
Cut out a large and a small circle from the same color construction paper or
use a large and small paper plate.
Cut out a set of large eyes and a set of small eyes, a large and small nose, a
large and small mouth, and a large and small hat. Each set should be made from
the same color construction paper so the only difference between the large
and small features is the size.
Help your child decide which pieces go with the “bigger” face and which
ones go with the “smaller” one.
Help your child glue the pieces onto each circle to make a big and little
funny face.