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lily pad number game: get kids up, moving, and counting!

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lily pad number gameThe following guest post is written by Emma Craig. Emma writes P is for Preschooler blog which is totally worth checking out if you have a little one at home!

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It recently came to my attention recently that Kay does not know what numbers mean. Sure, she can count, but she doesn’t get that “8” means eight things. I believe the fancy name is 1:1 correspondence. Whatever the case, it’s something we need to work on.
So when I saw this Lily Pad Hop from Toddler Approved, I wanted to give it a try.

  • Lily Pad Number Game:

Kay isn’t usually one to just sit and work on numbers or letters – in fact, if it has the slightest whiff of being educational, she tunes out.

But this involved jumping! I cut out some rudimentary lily pads from heavy paper, numbered them 1-9 and bought new stickers for the occasion.

At first she started putting one sticker on each lily pad, but then I reminded her that “This lily pad needs 5 stickers. Can we do it?” Of course! She carefully counted and recounted until all the stickers were on.
Now, the fun part.

lily pad number game | get kids up, moving, and counting!

 

We placed them on the floor in the sun room. I’d ask her, “Can you get me the 6 and 7?” and she’d run to the table to bring them to me.

I heard her counting the stickers when she didn’t know what the number was, and I had to smile.

 

lily pad number game | get kids up, moving, and counting!

 

Finally they were all set out and – hopping time!

lily pad number game | get kids up, moving, and counting!

 

This was undoubtedly her favorite part, and I joined in too.

I do wonder what people walking by our house at the time thought when they kept hearing, “Ribbit, ribbit!” over and over again!

I think our neighbors are starting to expect strange things from us anyway!How do you and your children play with numbers?

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p is for preschool Emma Craig is a stay-at-home mom to 4-year-old Kay. They keep busy through the day, all while sneaking in a little learning along the way. You can read more at: http://pisforpreschooler.weebly.com/p-is-for-preschooler-blog.html

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About amy mascott

teacher, mother, dreamer. lover of literacy, fun learning, good food, and three crazy-cool kids. finder of four-leaf clovers | dc metro ยท http://about.me/amymascott
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  1. Leah Mastilock

    October 10, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    My kids are movers and this is perfect for them! Love it! Thank you for joining the Learn Through Play hop!

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    • amy mascott

      October 11, 2013 at 9:35 am

      yay! love, love, love it!

      Reply
  2. Carrie

    October 11, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    What a wonderful activity! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

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  3. Mildred White

    October 15, 2013 at 5:59 am

    Good idea on the numbers game. Different children have different ways of learning. Glad you found out the best way for your child to learn. So creative that turned out to be very effective.

    Reply
  4. Helen Simmons

    July 20, 2014 at 2:03 am

    Thank you! Ribbit!

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