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Related Activities to Try at Home
Counting Take advantage of any opportunities to count with your child. Children learn to count accurately by having many opportunities to see and hear other people count and to count on their own. You can model this by:
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• Counting out napkins or plates for the table
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• Counting the number of stairs as you go up or down
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• Counting the number of a particular object (e.g., dogs, signs, or cars) as you walk down the street
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• Counting the number of items in a collection of plastic animals, cars, or other small toys
Sorting If you have a button (or other) collection, you and your child could talk about different ways to sort the buttons. Your child might like to teach you Button Match-Up. In this game, one player chooses a button, and then both players work together to find buttons that have one thing that is the same. For example, any button with two holes matches this button, as does any button that is black, small, or plastic.
Math and Literature You can find the following books in your local library and read them together.
Aber, Linda Williams. Grandma's Button Box.
Emberley, Rebecca. My Numbers (Mis Numeros).
Falwell, Cathryn. Feast for 10.
Gayzagian, Doris. One White Wishing Stone: A Beach Day Counting Book.
Mariconda, Barbara. Sort it Out!.
Martin, Bill. Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3.
Otoshi, Kathryn. Zero.
Roth, Susan L. My Love for You All Year Round.
Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Count.
Wormell, Christopher. Teeth, Tails, and Tentacles.
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