Counting Activity for Preschoolers

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Richele McFarlin

Here is a simple game to help your preschooler learn how to count, learn number recognition and identify larger and smaller quantities. You can play this game with a partner or solo. In another variation, you can have your child count and place the number of Pom Poms in the ice cube tray compartment with the corresponding number. No need to go out and buy a thing, feel free to substitute an egg carton for the ice cube tray and circles cut out of construction paper for the Pom poms. Have fun counting! Pom Pom Counting Activity What You Need: … Continue reading →

Discovering Patterns in Nature and the Home

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Tricia Edgar

Part of basic math is discovering the patterns that exist in nature, in our homes, and all around us. After your preschooler can recognize shapes, she will begin to realize that shapes come in collections – patterns of circles, lines, and swirls. Identifying patterns will help children with geometry later in life. It is also an important pre-reading skill, since recognizing sight words is all about recognizing the patterns of the letters that you have seen together again and again. How can you and your preschooler discover patterns in and around your home? Use different sorts of dry noodles to … Continue reading →

Recognizing Shapes in the Environment

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Tricia Edgar

I’m not an artist, and I’m sorry to say that I’ve modeled this inappropriate behavior to my daughter. While I should have been sitting paintbrush in hand in my jaunty beret, I’ve been doing the laundry or reading instead. Woe is us, to lack in artistic endeavors. Of course, my daughter does exercise her creativity in many ways. For a while she was deeply into making sculptures with found objects and tape. The key was the tape. I’m sure that she could have sold them for some large sums of money at a gallery, actually. Anyway, one of the areas … Continue reading →