“Happy children learn best” – Dr. James Partington.
Discovering what motivates a child and really tapping into that is a great way to get children interested in learning! I wanted to find some way to combine Lydia’s interest in cats with Lydia’s interest in numbers, so I designed this counting activity:
I used the little envelopes that library cards go into, and I glued them to a large piece of posterboard. I printed large numbers and placed them on the front of each. Then I found all different cats, I printed the designated number of cats, and attached them to equal-sized pieces of black paper. Lydia can count the number of cats on each paper and place into the corresponding envelope. This activity targets rote counting, random counting, number recognition, colors, and following directions. If she cannot match the number of cats to the correct number, I will tell her “That goes in the orange envelope in the top row.” Once you have the board itself made, you can switch out the cards based on theme.
What a great idea!!!!!
Thank you 🙂
I agree – great idea. I have been trying to think of different way to teach her numbers and recognizing them.
I teach Kindergarten and use these types of boards all the time! Kids love them and they are really motivated to complete the stack of cards. Often at our free choice time, they choose to do this with a partner–I especially love it when they seek out one of the higher kids to help them. I love how colorful yours is–mine is just the manila colored envelopes–it looks like I will need to make a new one now! LOL!!!
I love this idea! I am trying to work hard with my son on counting right now!
What a wonderful idea! Can’t wait to go shopping for the board and envelopes! Will make the cards tonight!!!
Just found your blog.
Thanks for sharing!