Course 5

Course 5

Activity 1

Scooping dried beans

Duration: 5-7 minutes

What do you need?

  • Two or more different beans
  • Measuring spoons
  • Small containers/cups
  • Muffin tray

What to do:                                                          

  • Have your child use the tools as well as his/her hands to explore textures and the sounds made while pouring and scooping.
  • Just let your child have fun mixing, scooping, dumping, pouring, exploring and playing.
  • To bring in a number concept, you may ask him/her for one or some more 

Activity 2

Gross motor activity: Hula hoops                                                               

Duration: 5 -10 minutes

What do you need?

  • Hula hoop x 2 but one would work just fine

What to do:

  1. Caregiver holds the hula hoop up vertically while your child is resting on the ground. Have your child climb through. Easy? 
  2.  Now lift it up just a bit, can your child change the way he/she moves their body to get through easily?
  3. Continue to challenge your child by raising the hoop a bit each time.

Activity 3

Mathematics: Matching number symbols to quantities

Duration: 15-20 minutes

What do you need?

  • *This one takes a bit more prep* 

Start by tracing and cutting out 5 ducklings on sturdy board or; if you have a rubber duck set, well even better! You can then just use a white board marker to draw the dots onto the ducks.

(Template has been provided to be printed and cut out) Click here to download the template => template.pdf

  • Add dots from 1 – 5 on each of your ducks using a marker
  • 5 clothing pegs with numbers 1 – 5 written on them.

What to do:

  • Touch count the dots with your child and have him/her match the corresponding marked peg to the ducks.
  • This one take a bit more prep. So start by cutting out 5 ducklings or if you have rubber duck sets even better
  • Add dots from 1 – 5 on each your duck
  • 5 clothing pin with number 1 – 5 on them.

** In early counting development, one-to-one correspondence refers to the matching of one object or number word to another (corresponding) object or number. This is an important concept for young children to learn and is a precursor to almost every numeracy concept they will ever encounter.