One to one correspondence. Early counting. We have been using these little Counting Leaves in our Sensory Kits since September but had some colored gemstones out today for another project and decided to do some one-to-one correspondence. I love the Fall colors and how easy it was to mesh balance the flat marbles on top […]

Buga is only 3 (well, 3 and a half)…but she has always shown an interest in numbers. She can count pretty well, and can identify all one-digit numbers. Lately she has been reading the clock…but saying each digit instead of the bigger numbers. So she will tell me: “It’s 1. 1. 6.” Instead of one […]

Buga has always been super into numbers – counting – adding – relating to numerals. I wanted to create something wooden for her to play with that could be around for a while so I created the Count With Me Play Set. She likes lining up the number planks in number order. She also likes […]

I made these for one of our bug themed learning centers. Buga has a really good sense for numbers for a three year old and this reinforces one-to-one ratios, counting, and numeral recognition.

This has been one of our favorite books as of late Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd. It is a sweet little story about a dog getting himself spotted with messes along his day. I think little kids just like the idea of messes in general, because they are such a natural, unavoidable part of […]

Our Spring Time theme certainly brought out the flowers! We have been reading a lot of stories about gardens, flowers, and colors. We have also been watching the flowers bloom around us. When I bought a rainbow of flowers for Buga’s sensory bin I made sure to buy extras for this little “store front business”. […]

We have been working on our new Theme… Spring time. In keeping with the theme, I pulled out the Nesting A Rainbow Set I made for Buga (and can be found at MamaMayiShop.com). She loves playing, pretending, and counting with these adorable rainbow bird family.

I started making “Candy Chocolates” (pretend) for a Valentine’s Day Learning Game for Buga. It is my plan to use these chocolates in a candy box…with the little wrappers…for her to count, sort, and pretend with. She is going to use tongs to pick them up and put them in the box. Each box contains […]

A Simple Counting Activity. I found these “border strips” at the dollar store – meant for a bulletin board. I cut one up so they became matching manipulatives while keeping another whole. She matches the numbers to the number strip and I tried to create a graph visual with berries. It was cute, educational, and […]

This is a really cool Number Chart I found at the Dollar Store. It was a two pack. A Number Chart and an Alphabet Chart were included. I bought two of them and cut one set up. I laminated both the big chart as well as the cut outs and Buga uses them as a […]