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Going Fishing
Using five index cards, trace around a quarter to make circles corresponding to
the numbers one to five.
On the first card, trace one circle, on the second, trace two, and so on.
After placing the cards in a row, give your child a cup with 15 fish-shaped crackers
and have her place one fish on each circle on every card.
Show her how to point to each fish and count how many are on each card. She
can eat the fish after counting them!
This is a good introduction to one-to-one correspondence and counting.
Use any type snack cracker or cereal for this activity—just be sure the circles
you draw on the cards are larger than the snack piece!
Developmental Tip
Most three year olds will be able to match the circles and fish,
but will need help pointing and counting.
Special Needs Tip
For a child with visual problems, use large black paper and larger
crackers or make white cardboard “chips” for matching.
Break an Egg
Break an egg carton in half to make a container with six sections.
Give your child six cotton balls or pompoms and ask him to put one in each
section.
Ask him if there are “as many” cotton balls as spaces in the carton.
Do the same with other small objects that will fit in the sections of the egg
carton such as small plastic figures of people or animals, plastic cubes, and large
buttons.
This activity is a good introduction to the concept of “as many as.”
Long and Short
Outside, find a long trail and a short trail to the same place.
For example, for a family who lives in a downstairs apartment, one trail might
go from the front door all around the parking lot to the mail boxes. The other
would go directly from the front door to the mail boxes.
Walk with your child along both trails and discuss which one is long and which
is short.