Math
Young children learn that numbers represent amounts, can be used to compare things, and can be used to solve problems through basic adding and subtracting. They also learn how to measure and compare objects, recognize shapes by their features, use position words (next to, under), and recognize and complete patterns.
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Make a shape snack! Use square crackers, circular orange slices, and cut your sandwich into triangles! How many sides and angles does each shape have?
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Play your own game of "One of These Things is Not Like the Other!" Put together three stuffed animals and one spoon, and encourage your child to guess which one is not like the other!
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Create your own shape hunt. Draw a picture with hidden shapes and see if your child can find them. Then, have her create a drawing with a hidden shape for you to find!
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Cookie Helps Prairie Get Equal
Cookie helps Prairie Dawn make fewer Sweetie Scouts cookies.
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At snack time, give your child an even number of crackers, cucumber slices, or pieces of fruit. Encourage her to separate the snacks into equal piles, with the same number of pieces in each pile.
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Count backwards to zero! Put five pieces of a healthy snack on a plate and have your child count down after each one is eaten. When you reach zero, talk about how zero means there are none left.
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Elmo's World Games
Welcome to Elmo's World! Play six different mini-games about shapes with Elmo.
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Go on a shape hunt! Explore the shapes around you, such as a door shaped like a rectangle and a clock shaped like a circle. Draw pictures of the shapes you find to create your own shape book!
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Before you play, ask your child how many sheep she thinks will put Telly to sleep. When he falls asleep, ask whether the number of sheep is higher, lower, or the same as her guess.
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The next time you make a snack with your child, ask him to help create a pattern with the foods such as cracker, cheese, cracker, cheese. Then eat your pattern!
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Create your own sorting challenge. Dump out blocks on the floor and have your child sort them by shape. Mix the blocks back up and have him sort by color or size.
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Celebrate the number 4! Together with your child, practice counting sets of 4. You might count 4 wheels on a car, 4 sides of a square, or 4 legs on a chair!
