Counting activities for preschool or elementary school seek that children establish a relationship between numbers and quantities from an early age. In this way, training in abstract mathematical concepts begins, which will be reviewed throughout the school education of the minors..
One of the main purposes of these activities is to get an infant to associate a number of elements with the graphic representation of a figure or number, promoting through play the development of working memory, improving attention and strengthening other elementary cognitive abilities. This ability is known as correspondence.
Additionally, these activities help to develop the notion of sequentiality, cardinality and invariance. In this sense, sequentiality speaks of the ability to recognize the ascending and descending order of numbers.
For its part, cardinality speaks of the possibility of counting things only once, the last element counted being the one that represents all the objects. And the invariability allows us to recognize that the number of objects is the same, regardless of whether their location in space is changed..
Ideally, these types of activities should be included once the child reaches 3 years of age. In this way, it will be possible to awaken interest from an early age to understand mathematics.
Some counting activities that can be applied during preschool are the following:
In the image above the child will have to count the 4 types of figures that there are.
Variants of the activity:
In this game the child will have to find the 8 snakes.
Variant:
Ask the child to count an object in the room. For example, how many chairs are there.
This game seeks to teach how to count the numbers from one to six. For its realization, it requires six buttons, a container and a recycled box, decorated like a giant dice, with a number from one to six on each side..
The idea of the game is for the child to roll the giant dice and insert the number of buttons indicated by the dice in the container.
In case you want to work on fine motor skills, necessary for the child to learn to write, a lid with a slot can be added to the container, in this way the child can deposit the buttons only through the slot.
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In the image above the child will have to count how many seeds are in each slice of watermelon and match each number with its slice.
This activity seeks to stimulate the learning of numbers and healthy eating. Counting numbers from one to ten can be taught with it in young children and larger amounts in children up to 5 years of age..
Activity variant:
Draw tiles with different numbers, including one number per tile. Additionally, drawings of watermelon slices must be made, each slice must have different amounts of seeds.
The idea is that, when showing the card with the number to the child, he will look for the corresponding amount of watermelon seeds to match it.
To carry out this activity, the child must have a prior knowledge of numbers.
In the image above the child will have to complete the figure of the dolphin following the numbers from 1.
This activity should be presented as a game, where fine motor skills and sequentiality are stimulated.
Activity variant:
Develop a template with a simple drawing, preferably made up of a basic geometric figure. In the corners of the drawing, locate the numbers from one to ten, sequentially. Later, erase the lines that connect these points.
The purpose of the activity is for the child to connect the dots again, following the order of the numbering, moving the pencil from one to two, from two to three, and so on, until the figure is completed.
Variations in the number of points included in this activity depend on the child's age and previous knowledge..
In this game the child will have to count how many individuals there are of each animal.
In this activity the child must assemble the puzzle following the sequence of the numbers. That is, it has to start with part 1.
For this game, a puzzle must be created, where each tile is marked with a number, sequentially. Additionally, color codes can be used to help visually differentiate the numbers..
This game allows to develop concentration, cardinality and sequentiality in the child.
This activity allows the child to count to 10. The materials needed are 10 cardboard tubes (they can be those for toilet paper), colored paints, markers or markers and a ball.
The idea of the game is to make 10 skittles with the cardboard tubes, assigning each one a different color and number between one and 10.
The child will throw the ball, trying to knock down as many tubes as he can. Once knocked down, you will be asked to indicate which numbers knocked down, how many tubes were left standing, and how many knocked down.
This game also allows the child to play to group the bowling pins into odd and even numbers, or order them in ascending or descending order..
The child will have to do the sums in each tree and find the way to each basket of acorns with its result.
To carry out this game you only need to cut out cardboard circles, and write with a marker or marker a number from one to 10 in the middle. It is recommended that each circle be decorated in a different way or can be differentiated by its color. Additionally, 10 wooden clothespins are required.
The game consists in that the child must glue to each circle the number of tweezers indicated in it.
Elements that correspond to the number written there can be drawn inside the circles. In this way, the child will be able to associate the number with the elements and know how many tweezers to glue.
In the upper figure the child will have to draw the butterfly with the colors that correspond to each number.
Game variant:
Make a template of a black and white drawing, adding numbers to each blank. Each number must represent a color.
The purpose of this activity is for the child to associate the numbers with the colored pencils and paint each blank space according to the number that corresponds to each color.
This game is designed to stimulate sequentiality and cardinality. To carry it out, you need 11 cardboard tubes, a marker or marker, a base and 55 sticks. Alternatively, colored paints can be used to paint the tubes.
Initially, the numbers from 0 to 10 will be written on the cardboard tubes, placing one number per tube. Then these tubes are fixed in order on a base.
The idea of the game is for the child to insert into each tube the number of sticks indicated by it. In this way, the zero tube will be empty, tube one will have a stick, and so on until the 11 tubes are completed.
This game consists of the child finding each number in the apples, starting with 1.
Using colored paper and cardboard rectangles, flashcards will be made that include the numbers on them. It is recommended to use different colors for each number, in order to help with their differentiation.
Each card will be shown to the child and he will say aloud the number indicated there.
For this activity you need to have a bowl or bowl, a marker, a straw (straw or straw), and light cloth balls or similar to those of pingpong on hand. Each ball must be marked with a number sequentially.
The purpose of the game is for the child to use the straw to suck and transfer the balls into the bowl, following the sequence of the numbers, ascending or descending. Also, you can play to pass only the even or the odd.
This game seeks to work gross motor skills and hand eye coordination.
It consists of counting the Christmas balls and leaving the result in each square.
This game seeks to encourage the child's learning through stimulation with a treat that he may like. You will need 10 containers, a marker, and cereal or candy. Each container should be marked with the numbers from one to 10, and placed sequentially on a table.
The child will introduce the number of cereal pieces indicated by the number in each container. At the end of the game, you can reward the child with the goodies from the containers that he matched.
The child will have to fill in the missing numbers on the way from the snail to the flower.
It consists of counting the total number of birds in the image.
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