Math & Sci for Early Childhood

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Math & Sci for Early ChildhoodMath & Sci for Early Childhood

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Slide Show Presented By:Slide Show Presented By:Katisha SumnerKatisha Sumner

Matching• Leaf Matching Game

• Individuals or Groups

• Materials: color and shape matching leaves.

• Encourage the children to make matched based on color and shape.

• The Children were able to make matches based on color and shape as well as grouping leaves by just color or shape.

Numbers• Numbers/Dots Game• Individual or Groups • Materials: Number cards 0-5, 15

dots • Encourage the children to pick a

card, identify the number and add the correct amount of dots to the card.

• Some children could identify numbers 1-3 very well, while others worked well with all 0-5

Classifying• Color Game• Individual or Groups• Materials: 5 different colors of

construction paper, 4 objects matching each color.

• Encourage the children to classify the objects by color, placing each object on the matching construction paper.

• The children had a lot of fun with this activity, they all were able to classify by colors.

Classifying

Comparing• Apples to Oranges

• Class

• Materials: 1 apple and 1 orange, enough slices of each to pass out to your class.

• Encourage the class to compare the apples to the orange. We discussed size, shape, color, texture and taste.

• They loved this project because they got to eat it.

Comparing

Shapes• Pipe Cleaner Game• Individual or Group• Pipe Cleaners and Shape cards• Encourage the children to name

the shape on the card you hold up, then copy the shape with their pipe cleaner.

• The children were good at Circles and triangles, but got frustrated with the pipe cleaner.

Space

• Space• Group• Discuss space with students,

up on top, to the side, inside, and bottom.

• I took the class on to the play ground and I had them use the train set to show me if they understood the meaning of on top, bottom ect.

Parts/Whole• Fraction Pizzas

• Individual or Group

• Fractions Pizza Card, 1 whole, 2 halves and 4 ¼ slices of Pizza.

• Encourage the children to build a whole Pizza using different slices.

Parts/Whole

Ordering• Pattern Game

• Individual or Groups

• Pattern blocks of different size, shape and color and shoe strings.

• Encourage the children to make patterns using the blocks by stringing them onto the shoe strings.

• I was very surprised at the patterns the children were able to make.

Ordering• Number Game• Individual• Number cards 0-5• Encourage the child to place the numbers in order.

• All the children were able to put some of the cards in order, I had a few who could have gone passed five.

Ordering

Measurements• Mixing Play dough• Class• Materials: measuring cups, bowls, spoons, flour, salt. Water and food coloring.

• Mix together 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of salt, and ¾ a cup of colored water and mix well.

Measurements

Graphing• Favorite fruit Apples or Oranges

• Class• Need a slice of Apple and orange for each student to taste, and graphing materials.

• Each student marked their favorite and we graphed it.

Graphing

Findings• I spent no money on any of these projects.

• These were all projects that I made from materials that my classroom already had.

• They were fun for the children and made good transition games.