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.

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”. […]

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 […]

I definitely should have charted out the wall before choosing the frames, and choosing the pictures because I really turned this project into a big math problem with lots of limits and variables. After hours of charting, measuring, rotating, scaling, and visualizing I think I finally arrived at a design I am happy with – […]