Math Monday

Here's a little thingy that little dude and I started recently. It's a number matching game with jacks(large) and number cards. Using the numbers 1-5, Mom lays out the number of jacks and asks tot to make the match with the numbers. If they are struggling, give them a choice . .. "Is it the matching number 2 or 5?" Pretty simple. I use sentence strips to make number cards. A good game for waiting rooms, if you have a stroller with a tray.

Rock Sorting

I found this little tray in my old "teacher" boxes. We've been using a muffin tin to sort, but this little tray is cute too. Stevie and I sort the dark and light colored rocks most of the time. We also do "big" and "little" sorting. The boy also likes to pretend he's baking rock cupcakes. Warning to parents: Rock cupcake "pretend" baking requires much supervision. A kid could lose a tooth, or worse.