We have recently talked about estimatation in math. So today I gave Nicholas a jar full of those little conversation heart candies and asked him to guess how many were in it. He guessed 200.
Next we used a Hundreds/Tens/One frame to count out the hearts. We learned that there were 145 hearts in the jar.
Notice in the picture above that there is a little pink sleeved hand snatching a heart. That would be the littlest one, of course.
She LOVES conversation hearts.
I told her she was silly so she made a silly face just to prove it.
Ok, back to school.
My friend Happy Campers posted a great article on She Is Dallas with educational activities for kids on Valentine's Day. You can see it HERE. I love this printable activitiy from Math-Drills.com. It was pretty easy for Nicholas but review is always good when it comes to math.
I gave Nicholas a copy of a Hundred Chart - the one on their website it perfect with little hearts all over it. Then I called out the clues and he had to figure out where to place his puzzle piece. We used conversation hearts since we had 145 minus a bunch that Rachel had stolen.
The clues were something like "Place a heart on the number that is two tens" or "Place a heart on the number that has a 7 in the ones place and a 1 in the tens place". Once we were done, Nicholas had formed the pattern for "I (heart)".
What a fun way to review math!
We also did some math drills with Valentine's Day themes.
Not to leave out Rachel, I had made a Valentine's Day file folder game just for her. She loves these games!
To make these I take a file folder and put patterns on it. Then cut out little pieces that match the patterns on the folder. I laminate it all and add velcro.
Rachel loves sticking the pieces together as she practices her matching skills.
These games are great for matching but also for hand-eye coordination as well as building gross and fine motor skills which will be used for learning to write down the road.
There's no reason you can't have a little fun while you learn!
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