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Theme — Numbers:

Books
1,2,3 by Elmo by Mike Pantuso
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
Bee Hive
Five Red Apples
One Potato
Sing a Song of Numbers

Songs
"Ten little Indians" from Children's First Songs by Kevin Roth
"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.

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