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| Activity |
What you do |
Materials |
Caterpillar Measure |
Use the caterpillars provided to measure how long you are. |
- Small caterpillars and large caterpillars
- Other measurement items (paper clips, pencils, paper, feathers, straws, plastic spoons)
- Paper
- Pencil
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Estimation Jar |
Make a good guess or estimate how many items are in the jars. |
- Different sizes of clear plastic jars each with a different number of items and different sized items
- Post It Notes®
- Pencil
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| I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream! |
Find out how many different combinations of two-scoop ice cream cones there are. |
- Pretend ice cream scoops (chocolate, vanilla, strawberry)
- Ice cream cones
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Pom-Pom Toss |
Play an addition and subtraction game. |
- Yarn
- Pencil
- 5 pom-poms (more for children over 6 years)
- Paper (with circles)
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Starburst® Graph |
Sort, classify and graph items. |
- Starburst® candy
- Crayons the same color as the candy
- 1" graph
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Pattern Bracelets |
Create a pattern. |
- Fruit Loops®
- Pipe cleaners
- Index cards
- Markers
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