Making Five Acorns
Explore different ways to make the number five while helping the squirrel gather its acorns for winter.
Don’t Burn Your Feet
The floor is lava! Step on the large shapes to safely cross the volcano. Listen for the shape names or properties to know where to step next.
Move to the Speed
“I Spy” Using Location Words
Big Fish Story
Count, add, and subtract to see how many fish are in the ocean as they jump back and forth from a pond. Watch out for the shark!
Measuring Myself
Compare the relative length of body parts to other objects using words such as longer or shorter.
Find Shapes in Food
Dibuja tu edificio
Usar el dibujo de una construcción para explorar las relaciones espaciales.
Line Up Two-by-Two
Crear copias
Copiar a partir de una imagen un diseño geométrico o un edificio usando bloques o teselas cuadradas de varios colores.
Bloques reflejados
Practicar la simetría creando el reflejo de una figura hecha con bloques.
Line Up in Patterns
Torre de energía
Usar un dado para decidir cuántos bloques se agregan a una torre para hacerla lo más alta posible (o hasta que ésta se caiga).
Follow the Path
Practice counting-on and adding in this short path board game.
Get Attention Using Number Actions
Mirror Blocks
Practice symmetry by placing blocks on one side of a line to create a mirror image of the blocks on the other side of the line.
Shape Clean-Up
Heavier or Lighter
Compare the weights of objects using a balance and then sort the objects into two groups based on their weights.
Move Using Spatial Words
Draw Your Building
Children draw a picture of a building they made to explore spatial relationships.
True or Trick?
“This is a triangle: True or trick?” Children decide if a drawing is really an example of a specific type of shape and try not to get fooled by the tricky examples.
Get the Animals Home
Bring the animals back home by rolling a number cube and laying out that many counters on a game board.
Cookie Game
Roll a number cube to know how many “chocolate chips” to put on one or more “cookies” until the cookies are filled.
Counting Clean-Up
Cuidadores del zoológico
Comparar el número de objetos de diferentes grupos para darle de comer a un animalito.
What Shape Am I Touching?
Identify and describe shapes that are hidden in a box only by touching them.
What Shape Am I Thinking Of?
Objetos ocultos
Un niño esconde objetos y otro averigua cuántos se han escondido.
Seguir el camino
Practicar contar y sumar mientras se juega “seguir el camino.”
Midiéndome
Comparar la longitud relativa de partes del cuerpo con otros objetos utilizando frases como más largo o más corto.
Tower Power
Roll a die to determine how many blocks to add to a tower. Keep going until the tower falls over.
Build Together
Work together to create a unique building that includes a certain number of features, such as stairs, towers, or doors.
Clasificación rápida
Clasificar objetos lo más rápido posible después de averiguar la regla de clasificación.
Spatial Words at Block Time
Speed Sorting
Children figure out the sorting rule based on pictures and then sort objects as quickly as possible.
Numbers at Mealtime
Measurement Clean-Up
Get Attention Using Spatial Words
Spatial Words Outside
Count Steps to Measure Distance
Hidden Objects
One child hides some counters from a small set, and a second child estimates how many were hidden.
Guess My Rule
Figure out the secret rule being used to sort a set of shapes into two categories.
Magician’s Tricks
Abracadabra! In this activity, children take turns using their “magic trick” (counting skills) to figure out what number is on a facedown counting card.
Find the Number by Counting
Construir juntos
Trabajar juntos para construir un edificio especial que incluya un cierto número de estructuras (como escaleras, torres, puertas).
¿Más pesado o más liviano?
Comparar el peso de objetos utilizando una balanza y después clasificar los objetos en dos grupos en función a su peso.
Pattern Bridge
Children add and remove core units from a pattern to fill the spaces on a board.
Compare Shapes to Find Your Group
Zookeepers
Compare the number of objects in different sets to feed an animal.
Puente de patrones
Llenar espacios de un tablero agregando y quitando unidades básicas de un patrón.
Creating Copies
Copy a geometric design or building shown in a picture using blocks or square color tiles.
Color Line-Up
Find the Number Using Operations
Copy the Pattern
Line Up by Number
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