Theme — Numbers
Books
- No Babies Asleep by Lisa W Nikola
- My Baby Brother has Ten Tiny Toes by Laura Leuck
- One Beautiful Baby by Martine Oborne
- Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
- 1, 2, I Love You by Alice Schertle
- Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Poems/Fingerplays
Songs
- "I have ten little fingers" from Fingerplays and Footplays: for fun and learning by Rosemary Hallum and Henry "Buzz" Glass
- Or take your pick from these number themed cds: My Favorite Musical Numbers by Mindy Manley Little | Numbers sung by the cast of Sesame Street
Activities
- Fruit Loops — Give the children bags of fruit loops have them count the fruit loops and then string necklaces
- Salt Drawing — Pour salt into a shoebox. Have the children trace numbers in the salt
- Math Muffin Tins — Materials: Cupcake paper liners, felt tip marker, poker chips or anything they can count and sort. Description: Teachers with marker, on the muffin liners write numbers 1-10 and then have the kids count and sort that many items into each liner
Aug 21, 2008
