- Children's Room
- Tuesday, December 07, 2021
DIY Storytimes are curated storytimes that families can share at home with an ebook, songs and activities.
A BOOK TO SHARE:
Grandma's Tiny House: A Counting Story!
by JaNay Brown-Wood | illustrated by Priscilla Burris
available as an eReadalong through Hoopla
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"Tiny in size at the edge of Brown Street,
sits Grandma's old house,
where we all go to meet."
Grandma's house may be tiny but it is definitely full of love. Our story begins with one grandma and finally overflows with fifteen hungry grandchildren. From family to friends to good food, it seems impossible for everyone and everything to fit. What will they do? The perfect solution comes from a surprising source and Grandma's tiny house is once again--just right.
Just as we counted the friends, the family and the food, our government is trying to count everyone in our country by September 30, 2020. Knowing how many people are living in your community will help the government decide how to spend money on everything from making sure our grandparents have houses to live in to making sure there's enough teachers in schools.
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ACTIVITIES:
Everyone counts! Here are 3 activities to help build early math skills like quickly and accurately judging a small quantity, recognizing cardinal numbers and understanding the connection between quantity and numbers.
Counting with Nature
from Scribble, Doodle and Draw
Supplies Needed:
- Sidewalk Chalk
- Access to a Backyard or Park
1) Draw squares with sidewalk chalk.
2) Inside each square, write a number starting with 1 and ending with 5. (For very young children, you may want to use dots to represent the numbers instead of the number themselves.)
3) Ask your child to find 1 object in nature and place it in the "1" square. Continue until they have found 5 objects to place in the last square.
Matching with LEGOs
from Baby & Blog
Supplies Needed:
- Duplos or LEGOs (whatever is most age appropriate)
- A Dry Erase Marker
1) Select 10 Duplos and mark each one with the numbers 1-10 on the side.
2) Find 10 matching Duplos. For the piece that matches with the number 1, draw 1 dot on the side. For the piece that matches with the number 2, draw 2 dots on the side. Continue until you reach 10.
3) Break apart the pieces and mix them up. Ask your child to try to match up the dots with the corresponding number.
Number Scavenger Hunt
from Hands on as We Grow
Supplies Needed:
- White Butcher Paper
- Foam Numbers (or Numbers Drawn on Index Cards or Post-Its)
1) Draw 10 squares. In the first square, draw 1 dot. In the second square, draw 2 dots. Continue until you reach 10.
2) Hide the foam numbers (1-10) throughout your home or in the backyard.
3) Encourage your preschooler to look for the numbers and match each number to its corresponding quantity.
Tip: Each of these activities can be scaled up as your preschooler starts to master counting 1-10. Find more math games and activities at Young Mathematicians.
Keep the learning (and fun) going with more curated activities for children from our team. Find them, here.