A new sorting and counting activity has been a popular spring addition to my Practical Life shelves. I found the tray shown below at Dollar General. It would be so cute to use for spring and summer entertaining (however, I DON'T entertain!).
I added these little ice cream cups (also from Dollar General)..........
And a little basket of flower shaped ice cubes (also from....you guessed it.......Dollar General).
I placed all of the above on a tray with a little basket of number cards and a pair of tongs.
To do the activity, the child uses the tongs to sort the flowers by color into the matching bowls. Then they count how many of each color and add the appropriate number card. The final step is to have a teacher check their work. I have had many variations of this work out during the year and it's always very popular among both the younger and older students.
Where do you get your pretty numbers? I can't seem to find colored numbers like that!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 28, 2009 at 09:49 PM
I must get to Dollar General this week! I usually go to Dollar Tree, but we've got a Dollar General close too. I have mostly girls in my preschool, and I know they would love the activities with the hair accessories.
Andie
Posted by: Andie | April 28, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Does anyone have the cute tubs and trays that Dollar General has? (They are summer pink, lime green, and blue-maybe?) I bought them because I couldn't resist and am brain dead. I can't think of an activity to use with them for my first graders. (Counting/sorting/basic + and - are way too easy at this time of year)
Posted by: Becky | April 29, 2009 at 07:17 PM
That's cute! :)
Posted by: Elizabeth: The Double D's: Life with Dirk and Derek | April 30, 2009 at 09:24 PM
OK, so my friend Kimberly told me about you. I'm getting ready to homeschool a 4 & 5 year-old and am eating up all the resources I can get my hands on. You have lots of terrific inexpensive ideas! Thanks so much for sharing. Can't wait to check out my local dollar store now. :-) It is difficult to sort through all the homeschool curriculum to decide what is best. I'm curious, do kids like to do these kinds of activities multiple times during the calendar year?
Posted by: Kristin | May 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Hey! your post looks very interesting. i will try to teach this to my kids and make bond with them while doing this kind of activity.keep posting!
-khatie-
Posted by: Flowers Philippines | June 01, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I got this activity at Dollar General. My young children love it! Thanks for sharing!
SchoolinRhome
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Posted by: SchoolinRhome | June 27, 2009 at 12:22 PM
lovely blog you have here. i am trying to homeschool my baby who is turning 1 this month.. is it too early? what can i do,, or where to read up? appreciate if you could advise. thanks.
Posted by: irene yeong | August 04, 2009 at 04:58 AM