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Can You Tell By Touch?
Students feel inside a bag and use only their sense of touch to describe and identify one of the objects that is inside the bag.
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Counting to Five
Rows of cartoon-style animals are displayed for your mini mathematicians to count. At the end of each row, they write the number of animals counted. Numbers only range from 1 to 5, so this is most appropriate for absolute beginners. Cute!
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Easter Counting Worksheet
In this counting worksheet, students count the Easter eggs in the picture, then color or circle the correct numeral from a given set of 2 to 5.
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Guesstimate? NO Estimate!
Students discover the advantage of estimation over simple guessing using number relationships. They also discover how useful a mathematical tool estimation is in everyday life.
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Nocturnal Animals
How do those nocturnal animals see in the dark? This perplexing question does have an answer. First, little ones use their sense of touch to determine the name of a mystery object, then they listen closely to identify various animals by...
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Language Arts: Scavenger Word Hunt
Participate in a scavenger hunt to find objects beginning with a particular letter sound and take digital photos of them with your scholars. Using software, they find word pictures beginning with particular letters and locate picture...
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Nature Walk
Students explore nature artists and participate in a nature walk. In this art/nature lesson, students discuss things artists use from nature then talk a walk to find some of the same things. Students look for different shapes...
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Our Daily Five
Students explore the food pyramid through a class discussion, hands-on experience with food items, and a floor game that helps them to identify the food group involved. Lesson extensions include the use of play money, art, and dance.
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Math: Musical Patterns
Students employ their five senses to interpret and duplicate instrumental patterns. Following the teacher's patterns, students clap their hands and later use instruments such as bells, triangles, or cymbals to create their own "songs."
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Counting Tools
As the title states, the activity required to complete this worksheet is counting tools! Saws, screwdrivers, and wrenches are depicted for children to count. They simply write the number of items on a line to the right of each group....
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Our Healthy Bodies
Students complete a variety of activities designed to enhance their awareness of their bodies. They examine pictures of themselves, taken at various points in the year and examine and compare their bodies. They enjoy a healthy snack...
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Smells Like Christmas, Exploring the Nose
Students discover that the sense of smell helps us to enjoy life and explore unsafe conditions. They smell Christmas by making gingerbread ornaments.
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Tasters' Choice
Students taste foods, some of which are familiar foods and some of which are uncommon foods. They compare and contrast the tastes and graph their likes and dislikes.
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Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!
Students recognize the states in the continental United States and find their state. In this patriotic symbols lesson, students explore unfair taxation practices. Students understand the benefits of democracy participate in activities...
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Tens and Ones
Here is a decent presentation for very young mathematicians on place value. The tens and ones column are covered. This PowerPoint would be useful as a starter. After viewing this, I would break out the manipulatives and let kids use...
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Yummy Apples!
Students discuss apples and how they are grown. They listen as the teacher reads "Apples," by Gail Gibbons. Students discuss the story. They view several different types of apples and compare their characteristics. Students taste several...
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Counting on the Farm
Hee-haw! Preschool or kindergarten math pupils identify and count different objects in a lively farm landscape. Beneath the picture, each animal or plant is represented pictorially, and little ones simply write the total count for each....
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Outdoor Observation
Students examine their outside environment. They use their senses to make observations of the four seasons. They keep a chart of all of the data they have collected.
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Favorite Foods
Students explore human health by reading agricultural books. In this dietary habit lesson plan, students discuss the foods we eat everyday and read two books about our human diets. Students identify the uses our body has for food and...
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Counting Fish
Individuals examine a picture of children standing on a bridge over a fish pond. They count the fish and write a number to represent how many are in the water. Cute, simple, and to the point. Note, however, that there is only one problem...
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Count and Color Kittens
In this early childhood counting and coloring worksheet, learners color the picture according to the instructions and then count and record the number of kittens in the picture. This task is ideal for beginning counters and readers.
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The Woods and Pond
Students participate in hands-on activities to explore their natural surroundings. They recognize that ponds and woods are ecosystems and compare differences between the two. They identify trees by their bark and leaves.
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Count it, Glue it, Read it!
Young scholars identify numbers 1-10 and count objects to match corresponding numbers. In the number sense lesson, students create a counting book, matching numbers they've written on index cards with the correct number of items (beans,...
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Math, Music and Architecture: Kindergarten Geometry and Aesthetics in Music and Architecture
Students identify and name different geometrical shapes. In this math instructional activity, students distinguish odd from even numbers. They describe the properties of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.