Shapes
Visit True or Trick? activityTrue 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.
Shapes
Visit Guess My Rule activityGuess My Rule
Figure out the secret rule being used to sort a set of shapes into two categories.
Shapes
Visit What Shape Am I Touching? activityWhat Shape Am I Touching?
Identify and describe shapes that are hidden in a box only by touching them.
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Addition & Subtraction
Visit Cookie Game activityCookie Game
Roll a number cube to know how many “chocolate chips” to put on one or more “cookies” until the cookies are filled.
Shapes
Visit Don’t Burn Your Feet activityDon’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.
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Visit Magician’s Tricks activityMagician’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.
Spatial Relations
Visit Build Together activityBuild Together
Work together to create a unique building that includes a certain number of features, such as stairs, towers, doors.
Spatial Relations
Visit Creating Copies activityCreating Copies
Copy a geometric design or building shown in a picture using blocks or square color tiles.
Spatial Relations
Visit Draw Your Building activityDraw Your Building
Children draw a picture of a building they made to explore spatial relationships.
Addition & Subtraction
Visit Follow the Path activityFollow the Path
Practice counting-on and adding in this short path board game
Measurement
Data
Visit Heavier or Lighter? activityHeavier or Lighter?
Compare the weights of objects using a balance and then sort the objects into two groups based on their weights.
Addition & Subtraction
Visit Hidden Objects activityHidden Objects
One child hides some counters from a small set, and a second child estimates how many were hidden.
Measurement
Data
Visit Measuring Myself activityMeasuring Myself
Compare the relative length of body parts to other objects using words such as longer or shorter.
Spatial Relations
Visit Mirror Blocks activityMirror 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.
Patterns
Visit Pattern Bridge activityPattern Bridge
Children add and remove core units from a pattern to fill the spaces on a board.
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Visit Tower Power activityTower Power
Roll a die to determine how many blocks to add to a tower. Keep going until the tower falls over.
Data
Visit Speed Sorting activitySpeed Sorting
Children figure out the sorting rule based on pictures and then sort objects as quickly as possible.
Number, Counting & Cardinality
Visit Zookeepers activityZookeepers
Compare the number of objects in different sets to feed an animal.
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