by Yvonne Liu-Constant | Jul 24, 2021 | all ages/adaptable, counting and cardinality
This mindful activity starts with looking out into the world, listening, touching, and smelling all that’s different, and ends with looking within and describing a feeling. Materials: An environment to explore with multiple senses Instructions: The basic...
by Yvonne Liu-Constant | Sep 16, 2020 | kindergarten, measurement & data, pre-kindergarten
Comparison is an important early childhood math concept, and in everyday life, children like to compare quantity (more or less), size (bigger or smaller), height (taller or shorter), and length (longer or shorter). In this activity, we compare the speed of objects...
by Yvonne Liu-Constant | Jul 31, 2020 | geometry, grade 1, kindergarten, numbers & operations in base 10, pre-kindergarten
In this activity, children built on their prior knowledge of geometry and created shapes with their bodies. Through teamwork and mathematical discussions, the children started with identifying and creating shapes, and ended with a delightful discovery of shape...
by Yvonne Liu-Constant | Jul 20, 2020 | all ages/adaptable, counting and cardinality, geometry, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3 & up, kindergarten, operations & algebraic thinking, pre-kindergarten
Engage the whole family to design your own whole body math games, draw them on your sidewalk with chalk, and invite everyone in your neighborhood to play! This activity was a collaboration with my neighbors, ages 6 and 9, who you will see introducing the games in the...
by amanda.wp | Jul 20, 2020 | counting and cardinality, geometry, kindergarten, pre-kindergarten
Writing shapes and numbers are skills we practice in Pre-Kindergarten. This activity focuses on making shapes and numbers while practicing sequencing, one to one correspondence, length, patterns, time, and shapes. Some children were excited to discover that numbers...
