Book of the Week & Number Recognition Set GIVEAWAY
Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Numbers 123 by Rainbow Books
Why we love this book:
This book has simple photo pictures, with easy to read text and numbers. Excellent for beginning number recognition and readers.
Number & Alphabet Recognition Foam Tiles
Laminated Set: Number Formation Guides and Number Concept Guide
Print this FREE: Number Formation Guide
Print this FREE: Number Concept Guide
Number Recognition for Preschoolers
Last Christmas, Santa gave Miss Enigma this fabulous clock made by Melissa & Doug. For some reason Santa always gives our children educational toys. Ummm, I wonder why? Santa must be passionate about education.
Miss Enigma, age 4, is not ready for “telling time” but this clock is wonderfully diverse! She already knows the names of most of the shapes and currently she is using it to develop her number recognition.
It’s just my opinion, but I think number recognition is not worth much if it is not combined with number concept development. Miss Enigma has been able to count items one-to-one since she was two. However, she still doesn’t recognize all of her numbers. I much rather her be able to apply her number skills than her just be able to “recognize and say” her numbers.
On this day, she used her clock numbers and a set of shells from the beach to apply both her number recognition and number counting skills.
One by one she added her number blocks to her tray. (I bought this inexpensive bead container at a local hobby store. You can also use a muffin tin.) As she added her numbers she would count up from number one.
With each new number block she added to the tray, she counted out the corresponding number of shells.
Miss Enigma does many variations on this simple game.
Adaptations:
sorting tray: bead tray, muffin tin, Texas (or jumbo) size muffin tin, egg carton, bowls, cups . . .
counting items: beads, rocks, shells, beans, keys, tiles, mini-animals, blocks, lids . . .
preschool thematic units: When Joyce teaches in thematic units, she sets-up a number recognition & number counting station that corresponds to her theme.
- beach = shells (large to avoid choking)
- farm = plastic animals
- gardening = seeds
Life with Jeannine
We’re GIVING AWAY one copy of Number 123 & a Number Recognition Set.
To enter this contest, just answer the following question in the comments section of this post.
What is your favorite number book, game, activity or toy? (Or just say “Hey.” We’re flexible around here.)
The Rules:
One entry per person, please.
No entries after 8:00 pm Central Time, Thursday, October 6, 2011
The winner must be a resident of The United States.
The winner will be selected at random and announced Friday, October 7, 2011. Check back to claim your prize. It might be you!
Print this FREE: Number Concept Guide
Print this FREE: Number Formation Guide
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I’m a bit challenged when it comes to making up games and things to do to learn…which is one reason I like y’all’s site so much! We do use counting with everyday things though from crackers to freckles, I try to have the boys learn to count everything!
I love the book My Rows and Piles of Coins. It’s not exactly a counting book, but it’s about a little boy in East Africa who counts a lot becaus he’s saving up his money for a bicycle!
This sounds like a wonderful book. Thanks for recommending it! We’ll look for it.
I just found your site! We are just delving into the world of home kindergarten for my 5 year old and pre-school for my 3 year old. Thank you for all these wonderful ideas! We don’t really have anything quite set up yet for number counting/recognition other than the usual counting things, working in workbooks, etc. but I would like to try your ideas! Thanks!
I like Ten Black Dots. I read the story then give the children 10 black dots and a blank sheet of paper to see what they can come up with.
Your activity with the box of compartments is very much like the Montessori Spindle box.
Our favorite number games are singing counting songs with finger plays.
I like your counting tray I am going to try and make something like this for my grand children. Thanks for the Idea.
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I got that shape sorting clock for my youngest last Christmas! My 20 month old and 3 year old love it. I will have to use the numbers to help my 3 year old with her one-to-one counting
Hey!
Love the flexablity! But since we are working on numbers I thought I would add that this week our letter was E so we counted Elephants. I made several Elephants laminted them and we used them in counting, songs, and anything I could think of to help my son learn more! It was fun!