Materials: pompoms or other small objects
Sorting
Ask children to sort the pompoms. What was their sorting rule? Can they sort them another way?
Patterns
Use the pompoms for making patterns.
Estimating
Have children estimate the number of each type and then verify by counting.
Math Mat
Children place the correct amount on the trees.
Match Dot Cards
Pompoms are a perfect one-to-one activity for younger children.
Children place the correct amount on the trees.
Match Dot Cards
Pompoms are a perfect one-to-one activity for younger children.
Touch and Tell
Materials: foam numbers
Place numbers in a bag. Children reach in, feel a number and try to identify what it is. They can take it out to confirm and then write the number.
Number Hunt
Put numbers in a box of Styrofoam packing or sand. Children search through the Styrofoam packing and color off the numbers as they find them.
Place numbers in a bag. Children reach in, feel a number and try to identify what it is. They can take it out to confirm and then write the number.
Number Hunt
Put numbers in a box of Styrofoam packing or sand. Children search through the Styrofoam packing and color off the numbers as they find them.
Stampers
Materials: stamp set
Stamp a pattern, stamp out math facts, or stamp a set.
Stamp a pattern, stamp out math facts, or stamp a set.
Here's a QR code for some other "hands-on" math tools.
