Hummingbird Educational Resources Lotsa Lesson Plans - NUMBER SENSE updated 05/09 Visit classroom to see pics of shape activities USING ALL SENSES TO COUNT using a pie tin and paper clips. The answer/number is: and they have to listen to the number of drops (clinks) of paper clips in the metal pie tin. Have a checker come up and count the number in the pie tin. Use other props, balloons, puppetts, etc. TEACHING EVEN ODD NUMBERS Chant 0-2-4-6-8 Even numbers are great! 1-3-5-7-9 Odd numbers are mighty fine! TEACHING ORDINAL NUMBERS Take 5 colored cube blocks and a clear transparency from the copier supplies. Using clear scotch tape, I made a tube out of the transparency the right size for the blocks to slide in and out of. The children watch me put one color cube in the clear tube and tell me that it is the first one to go in. I repeat it with the other 4 with the children saying "second, third, etc." Then I slide them out the other end so that the same color comes out first. After a while, I slide them out in reverse order so that the children understand that it's the order that is important, not the blocks. | |
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