Fill a second bucket with small balls, pom-poms or buttons.
Invite child to pick a numbered egg
Have your child add the correct number of objects (from the second bucket) into the egg
Continue until all the eggs have been filled with the correct number of balls
Example: Place four objects inside the number four egg
materials
10 large plastic eggs
2 baskets
55 small objects (pom-poms, buttons, cheerios all work really well)
Purpose
Improves number recognition
Strengthens fine motor skills
Increases number sense
Reinforces one to one correspondence
Paint and Plant
purposeful play
Paint and Plant
Read a book together about how plants grow. There are lots of great books for kids about the “Seed to Plant” process.
Gather up your supplies.
Invite child to paint the plant pot
Fill the pot with soil.
Add seeds of your choice.
Talk with your child about what the plant will need to grow.
Find a good spot in your house or outside for the plant.
Have a watering can available for your child to use to water the plant as needed.
Watch together as the plant grows.
materials
Books about Plants
Clay pots
Paint and paint brushes
Soil
Seeds
Watering can
Purpose
Learn about the life cycle of plants
Learn new vocabulary words
Be responsible for another living thing
Learn how to plant seeds
Learn what a plant needs to survive
Get in touch with nature
extend learing
Make a book with your child about the plant you’re growing. Take photos of the entire process. Take photos of your child painting the pots, adding the soil, adding the seeds, watering the plant, placing the plant near sunshine and photos of the plant as it grows.
Print the photos you took and glue onto construction paper- gluing each photo onto a separate page. Staple the pages together or use a three whole puncher and ring binders.
Together with your child, write descriptions on each page underneath the photo.
Read and reread the new book you’ve created together! Display proudly in your home.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
purposeful play
the very hungry caterpillar
This fun activity takes a bit more prep work, but it’s a really fun way to extend the learning from this beloved book..
