101 Number Activities

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COUNTING PICTURE BOOKS
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Language and Literacy
Materials
Plain paper
Stapler
Markers
Stickers
Rubber stamps
Washable ink pads
Activity
Counting books are a fun way to introduce children to numbers and reading. Try one of the following
suggestions for making counting picture books:
Sticker Books: Make a blank book for each child by stapling six sheets of plain paper together. Write “My
Counting Picture Book” and the child’s name on the cover page. Number the rest of the pages from 1 to 5
with numbers and dots. Give each child 15 picture stickers, such as one pig, two butterflies, three ducks,
four bears, and five bugs. Help the children attach their stickers to their matching numbered book pages.
Then invite them to use markers to draw pictures on their book pages incorporating the stickers. Have
them decorate their book covers with crayon or marker designs.
Rubber Stamp Books: Give each child five plain sheets of paper numbered from 1 to 5 with numbers and
dots. Set out rubber stamps and washable ink pads. Have the children make the appropriate number of
rubber-stamp prints on their pages. When they have finished, ask the children to arrange their book pages
in order from 1 to 5. For each child’s book, add a cover, write “My Counting Picture Book” and the child’s
name on it, and staple all of the pages together.
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COOPERATIVE NUMBER BOOK
Language and Literacy
Materials
Plain paper
Magazines
Catalogs
Scissors
Glue
Plastic page protectors
Three-ring binder
Activity
Invite the children to make a cooperative
number book. Choose a number for the book,
such as 4. Write the number 4 on a plain sheet of paper and glue
four cutout magazine pictures to the page. Hang up the page where the
children can see it to remind them of the number they are working on. Give
the children plain sheets of paper. Have each child cut or tear the appropriate
number of pictures out of magazines or catalogs. Encourage the children to arrange their pictures on their
book pages before gluing them in place to make sure that the pictures will fit. Let them glue their pictures
to their book pages. For a book about the number four, a child might glue on a picture of a car, a flower, a
teddy bear, and a cupcake or pictures of a doll, a bike, a cup, and a tree. Put the children’s pages in plastic
page protectors and place them in a three-ring binder with the “Number 4 Book” written on the front. Read
the group’s book together. Count the pictures on each page. Place the book in your group’s reading area.
Variation: Instead of having the children choose any four pictures, encourage them to find four
pictures of similar items, such as four cars, four toys, four children, or four hats.
Variation: Instead of placing the children’s number pages in plastic page protectors and placing them
in a three-ring binder, just add a construction paper cover and staple the pages together.
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