PreK-K+Math

=Activity 1:=

How many forks, glasses, plates will you need for everyone sitting at the table? Ask your child to guess the number of untensils needed to set the table. If there is 1 plate on the table, how many more will you need? Do you need the same number of each utensil? Why or why not? How long does it take you to set the table? What time do you need to start to set the table in order to have it ready for dinner?

=Activity 2:=

How many doors are in your home? Ask your child to count the number of doors and use objects like pennies or paper clips to help keep track of the count. Were there more doors in front or in back of the house? Which room has the fewest doors? Which has the most? Are all the doors the same size? Where is the smallest door? Where is the largest door?

=Activity 3:=

What can you find in your neighborhood? Ask your child to find 5 things that are soft and 5 things that are hard. How are both groups alike? How are they different? Would you find these things in every neighborhood? What if you looked for things that were smooth and rough? Do you think you will find more smooth things or more rough things? Try it and see. Can you think of any other opposites - like heavy and light, sweet smelling and nasty smelling, long and short? Try finding these.

=Activity 4:=

Is skipping or running faster? Ask your child to try moving from one place to another in two different ways. How can you tell which way is faster? Can you find another way to move? Is it faster or slower? What happens if you take giant steps or baby steps? Which is faster?

=Activity 5:=

How can people move from place to place? Ask your child to think about how you get to the park, to the store, or to school. How are wheels used to move people? How could you travel if you didn't use wheels? Have your child find pictures of different ways to move from place to place and sort them. What will you call your groups? Can you push the pictures back into one large group and sort them in a different way? What are your new groupings?

=Activity 6:=

How many wheels belong to your family? Ask your child to count the wheels on your cars, bicycles, and toys. Do you have more big wheels or little wheels? How do you know?

=Activity 7:=

What's in a fruit? Ask your child to describve the fruits and vegetables in the product department. How many "color" words did you use? What color did you most often see? What "size" words did you use? What shapes do you see? Which vegetables have about the same shape? Use two of the describing words (like "long" and "short") to put food into groups. Which group has more? Which has less? How do you know?

=Activity 8:=

Where are the groceries? Investigate position words in teh grocery store. Can you find examples of things which are "above" and "below"? Visit one aisle in the store. Which items are on the top shelf? Which items are in between? Can you find two items that are beside each other. Find something that is inside and something that is outside.