BEANIE WEENIES

Cheap, simple, easy Jean again!  A bag of large, dry lima beans, a permanent marker, an Altoids tin, and you are all set to reinforce phonics, sight words, and math concepts.  These activities could be used in a center or as a special task if children finish their work early.

First, use permanent markers to write the consonants in blue and the vowels in red on the beans.  

*Use for making CVC words.
*Use for word families.
*Use for writing word wall words.
*Use for practicing spelling words.
*Use with a friend. One person makes a word and the other person must read it.
*Put the letter beans in alphabetical order.

*Draw ten beans from the tin. How many words can you make with the ten beans? Write them down. 

                             

Write numerals in black and math signs in green.

*Put beans in numerical order.
*Sort odd and even numbers.
*Use for greater than and less than.
*Use for addition and subtraction problems.
*Use for place value.
*Make sets.
*Represent number bonds.

Let children make up their own learning games with the beans.