1. Matching

Sock sorting and matching

Items needed: basket and old socks

Give the child a basket of different kinds of socks and have child sort and match the socks to make pairs

6. Space

We Going on A Bear Hunt

Items needed: The song Bear Hunt

Play the song Bear Hunt. Then let class act out the

song by going act if the going across the bridge, climbing up a tree, going through the cave and etc.

2. Numbers

Numbers Grab Bag

Items needed: index cards, paper bag, and pennies for counters

Write numbers 1-10 into index cards, fold index cards and place the folded cards in to the brown paper bag . Let child pick number from

bag and have child count out the amount of pennies for that number.

7. Part/Whole

What is Missing

Items needed: toys with missing parts(ex. Car, truck, doll, etc.)

Show the child each toy and see if child could tell you what is missing.

3. Classifying

Sink or Float

Items needed: a collection of all kind of objects made from different materials

Ask students which objects would flow in water and which ones would sink in water. Fill the water table with water and place each object

one at a time in water to see which objects floated and which ones sink. Made a chart to show your findings.

8. Ordering

Fruit Loop Necklaces

Item need: yarn and fruit loops cereal.

First have child sort the cereal in colors and then you string a pattern on yarn and ask child to create the same pattern.

4. Comparing

The Three Bears

Items needed: The book The Three Bears, three bowls(big, middle , same) chairs(big, middle, small).

Read the book The Three Bears and have bowls and chairs and ask child to tell me which one is the biggest , which one is the middle size

which is the smallest. Then ask which one should be Papa‘s, Mama‘s, and baby’s bear.

9. Measurement

Human Weight Scale

Items needed: a collection of all kinds of objects(ex. Water bottle, feather, rock, etc.)

Ask a child to hold one item in each hand. Ask the the child questions like which one is heavier, the larger ,the lightest, etc.

5. Shape

Shape Grab and Feel Bag

Items needed: block shapes, bag

Put a block shapes in a cloth bag. Let student reach into bag and feel the shape and guess what shape is in the bag.

10. Graphing

Favorite Color

Items needed: white butcher paper and a black marker and colors

Ask the class which is the best color. Ask each students which color is their favorite. Graph each child favorite color. Then ask the class

which color is the most favorite of the class and which color is the lest favorite of the class.

Math Activities