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Mathmatics

Mathematics helps children make sense of the world around them and find meaning in the physical world. Through mathematics, children learn to understand their worldin terms of numbers and shapes. They learn to reason, to connect ideas, and to think logically.
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Add these items to your dramatic play area:
  • Shapes
  • Counting Blocks with Numbers on them
  • Measuring Sticks
  • Plastic Colored Cubes
  • Rulers

Name of Activity: Making Bracelets 

 

Originating Idea: Counting

 

Curriculum Area: Mathematics

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Materials:

  • Pipe Cleaners

  • Beads

  • String

 

Appropriate Age group: 3-5 Years Old.

 

 

Beginning of Activity:

Introduce to the children a bracelet that you made with the beads and pipe cleaners. Talk to the children about how their going to make their very own bracelet to take home! Review counting and adding with the children.

 

 

 

Middle of Activity

Early:

This group of children may need help assorting their beads. Help them count while they out their beads on.

 

Middle:

Have these children add beads onto their pipe cleaners while counting out loud how many their adding to their bracelet. 

 

 

Later:

Have these children add beads onto their pipe cleaners while counting out loud how many their adding to their bracelet. If the children are doing well adding the beads, have them make extra bracelets and count higher, or they can add beads to a string and make a necklace.

                                                      

 

End of Activity

Conclude this activity with adding up all the beads on the children's necklaces or bracelets. When complete, add how how many children made necklaces and how many made bracelets. 

 

Follow-up Ideas:

Add the extra bracelets and necklaces to your dramatic play area.

This activity can also be used for fine motor skills.  

Name of Activity: Building A Shapes Snowman

 

Originating Idea: Shapes 

 

Curriculum Area: Mathematics

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Materials:

  • Cut Out Circles 

  • Scissors

  • Glue

 

Appropriate Age group: 3-6 Years Old

 

Beginning of Activity:

Sing "Frosty the snowman" with your children, after finished go over all the parts of a snowman. You should have a circle for all 3 parts of the body, maybe a square and a rectangle for the hat, circle buttons, rectangle arms, etc.

 

 

Middle of Activity

Early:

This group of children will need your help cutting out the shapes. While your cutting out the shapes, go over them with the children. Pointing out what each shape is. 

 

Middle:

Have these children cut out their shapes while discussing with them while shape is which. While they cut out the shapes start to build their own snowman using they shapes that they cut out.   

 

Later:

Have these children draw and cut out their own shapes while discussing with them while shape is which. While they cut out the shapes they drew, start building their own snowman using they shapes.   

                                                      

 

End of Activity

Conclude this activity by having each child show their snowmen to their table or show them at circle time. Conclude by revisiting what shapes the children used in their projects.

 

Follow-up Ideas:

Add these snowmen to the children portfolios.

You can add different items used to build a snowman to the dramatic play area.

Name of Activity: Who is the Tallest?

 

Originating Idea: Measuring

 

Curriculum Area: Mathematics

 

Materials:

  • Yarn

  • Scissors 

  • Tape

 

Appropriate Age group: 4-6 Years Old 

 

 

Beginning of Activity:

Ask the children who is the tallest in the classroom, and who would be the shortest? Sing the following song with your children. "Sing the Tall and Short action song to the tune of "Are You Sleeping" (Frère Jacques): This is tall. (Open hands as wide as possible vertically.) This is short (Place hand an inch apart.) Tall and short. (Open hands wide vertically; then, bring them close together, x2.) Hotels are tall. (Raise one hand high in the air.) Puppies are short. (Place hand low to the ground.) Tall and short. (Open hands wide vertically then bring them close together, x2.) Sing it by yourself first, and have your students sing along the second time."

 

Middle of Activity

Early:

Have these children sing along with the song, ask them if they think they are tall or short. Have them guess what they think you are. 

 

Middle:

Give this group of children yarn, ask them to help measure the other children in the classroom while each of the children take turns measuring someone.  

 

Later:

This group of children are going to keep a list of the children that are tall, and post it on the wall, while measuring the children they can tape up the results from each child. Measuring what children are tall vs what children are shorter.  

                                                      

 

End of Activity

After all the children are measured, ask the children who was the tallest, it would be helpful to label the children's strings with a picture or name tag. Check the large chart that the children made. Who was the tallest? 

 

 

Follow-up Ideas:

Have all the children stand next to each other tallest to shortest to test if their measurements were correct. 

After, allow the children to check or stand next to their strings to see how tall they are, you could hang these measurements up in the science area or add these to your house area. 

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