101 Number Activities

Materials
None
Activity
Have the children line up facing you. Explain that you will be giving them directions for walking across the
room. Ask them to listen carefully. If you give a direction with a number in it (take 4 giant steps, hop
forward 7 times, walk backward 3 steps, etc.), they can move as you directed. However, if you give a
direction without any number in it (take baby steps, jump like a kangaroo, walk sideways, etc.), they must
stay where they are. Continue giving directions until all of the children have made it across the room.
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DROP THE MARBLE
Materials
Plastic 2-liter bottle
Cardboard box
Marbles
Activity
Set a plastic 2-liter bottle inside a cardboard box. Give each child one marble. Let the children take turns
holding their marbles several inches above the neck of the bottle and trying to drop it inside. Have the
children count the number of marbles that made it inside the bottle.
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CLIP THE TUBES
Materials
Cardboard tubes
Scissors
Clothespins
Activity
Cut cardboard tubes into 2-inch lengths. Set out the tubes and a box
of spring-type clothespins. Invite two or three children to join you.
Show them how to use a clothespin to clip two tubes together. Ask
each child to clip a specific number of tubes together in a row. Count
the tubes. Then ask the children to use those tubes to make simple
shapes such as worms or flowers.
Variation: Number ten tubes from 1 to 10. Ask the children to 
clip the tubes together in numerical order.
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