COUNTING GUM BALLS
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Give your child a plain white paper plate. |
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Set out three colors of paint daubers (like Bingo stampers). |
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Have your child make circles on the paper plate in three different colors. |
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When dry, have the child count for you how many gumballs they made of each color. |
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You could also ask which colors has the most gumballs and which color has the least.
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PATTERNING
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Take a piece of paper and start a simple dot pattern using two different colored paint daubers.
Example: Two blue dots, then one red dot. Repeat a couple of times. |
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Then give the paper to your child and have her continue the pattern. |
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NUMBER COLLAGES
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Set out a number of small art materials, such as; beans, cotton balls, small fake flowers, poms, small shells, etc. |
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Give your child a large piece of paper and some glue. |
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Have her glue sets of objects on her paper in sets of two or three.
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COUNTING PAPER CHAINS
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Let your child make some paper chains. |
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After he has glued on five to eight chains, have him stop and count his links. |
| Variation: Have your child make a chain of a certain number of links. |
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FINGER PAINTING NUMBERS
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Set out some finger painting paper. |
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Place some finger paint in the middle of the paper for your child. |
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Have your child finger paint on the paper. |
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When the paper is covered with paint, have your child practice writing numerals in the paint with her finger.
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DAUBER BALLOONS
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Give your child a paint dauber (like Bingo stampers) and have him make four to seven paint circles on his paper. |
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Then give him a fine point black pen and have him draw lines coming down from the circles to turn them into balloons on strings. |
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NUMBER STAMPING
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Set out an ink pad, and some small ink stamps. |
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Give your child a piece of paper and have her stamp a certain number of pictures on her paper. |
Variation: Have your child make a number book. Fold and staple together three pieces of copy paper to make a blank booklet. Write a number at the top of each page. Have your child complete the book by stamping the appropriate number of stamps on each page.
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STICKER ART
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Give your child some stickers and a piece of paper. |
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Instruct your child to place five stickers on her paper. |
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NUMERAL RUBBINGS
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Cut out some cardboard numerals. |
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Place the numerals on a table. |
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Have your child place a piece of paper over one or two cutouts. |
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Then give your child a paperless crayon. |
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Show him how to lay the crayon on its side and rub it across the paper. |
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Rubbings of the numerals will appear on the paper.
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FINGER PRINT SPIDERS
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Set out a black ink pad and some paper. |
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Show your child how to place a finger on the pad and then press it on her paper. |
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Have her make three to four finger prints. |
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Then give her a fine point black pen and have her draw eight legs on each finger print (four legs on each side) to create spiders on her paper. |
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DAISY FLOWERS
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Cut out multiple white daisy petals and three yellow paper circles. |
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Give your child a piece of blue paper and the paper circles. |
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Have her glue the three circles onto her paper far apart. |
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Then have her glue six flower petals around each circle to create three daisies. |
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