Math activities project (adobe pdf)

Math Activities

CDEC 2307 Math & Science For Early ChildhoodFall 2010

Xiomara Jones

• Matching • Numbers• Classifying• Comparing• Shape• Space• Parts/Whole• Ordering• Measurements• Graphing

Math Activities

Matching

• One-to-One Correspondence• Method: Interview• Skill: Child exhibits one-to-one correspondence• Materials:• 10 count colored egg carton.• 10 plastic eggs.• Procedure: Each colored egg can be matched to a

similarly colored part of the carton. The child is provided the set and then asked to put the eggs back after being dumped onto the table.

• Evaluation: The student should be able to match the eggs with their holders according to the color.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children( 6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Matching

Numbers

• Match Numbers to Dots• Method: Observation, individuals or groups.• Skill: Children demonstrate the ability to count dots

and to match them to numbers.• Materials: • Ten halves of cut out paper cars, numbered from 1 to

10.• The corresponding ten halves with dots on them.• Procedure: Place the halved, numbered cars on the

board and mix up the corresponding halves on the table. Encourage the children to match the two halves of each quantity.

• Evaluation: Children should match the numbers with their respective quantity of dots.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Numbers

Classifying

• Sorting• Method: Observation, individuals or

groups.• Skill: Children identify characteristics of

the shells.• Materials:• Different kind of seashells.• Clear plastic containers.• Procedure: Provide the children the five

types of seashells to sort through. • Evaluation: Children will group together

the seashells according to common characteristics.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Classifying

Comparing

• Big and Small• Method: Observation, individuals or

groups.• Skill: Children will demonstrate the ability

to compare.• Materials:• Big seashells and small seashells.• Clear plastic containers.• Procedure: Provide the students with the

mixed jumble of differently sized seashells.• Evaluation: Children will compare the

shells and separate them into their respective groups for size.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Comparing

Shape

• Build 3-D Geometric Shapes.• Method: Observation, individuals or

groups.• Skill: Children will be able to make prisms

or cubes.• Materials:• Wooden geometric shapes.• Magformer 3-D magnetic building set.• Procedure: Place before the children both

the 3-D and the wooden geometric shapes.• Evaluation: Copying the wooden shapes,

students will make 3 dimensional shapes.• Instructional Resource: Chalesworth, R.,

and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Shape

Space

• Mapping• Method: Observation, individuals or groups.• Skill: Children’s sense of space.• Materials:• Toy cars.• Wooden bridges.• Illustrated neighborhood map.• Procedure: Provide the children with the materials and

encourage them to play with toys cars on an illustrated neighborhood map while using spatial terminology.

• Evaluation: Children will experiment with distance, organization and direction through mapping of make believe neighborhood, and use words like: under, over, far, near, behind, in front of, away from, in, out, etcetera.

• Instructional Resourse: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Space

Parts/Whole

• Half parts combine to make one whole.• Method: Observation, individuals or groups.• Skill: Children have the ability to make a whole

by using the parts. • Material:• Halved wooden geometric shapes.• Procedure: Place all the pieces on the table in

front of the students and encourage them to make geometric wholes using the halves.

• Evaluation: Children unite parts to make a whole, such as two semicircles to make a circle, two triangles to make a square or a rectangle.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Parts/Whole

Ordering

• Pattern• Method: Observation, individuals or groups.• Skill: Children will have the ability to make

patterns through deliberate ordering.• Materials: • Multi-colored unifix cubes.• Procedure: All the unifix cubes are placed on the

table in a mixed pile and students are encouraged to make patterns.

• Evaluation: Children must make as many patterns as possible.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Ordering

Measurements

• Volume• Method: Observation, individuals or groups.• Skill: Children demonstrate their ability to measure

informally.• Materials:• Pinto beans• Scoop• Cup• Clear plastic containers• Procedure: Children will receive the materials.

Encourage them to fill up the containers.• Evaluation: Children should find out how many

scoopfuls or cupfuls of beans they need to fill differently sized containers.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Measurements

Graphing

• Favorite things as a subject.• Method: Observation, individuals or groups.• Skill: Children will, through graphing, count

quantities.• Materials:• Paper graph• Paper cut out illustrations.• Tape• Procedure: Place the graph on the board and spread

the cut-out illustrations of the fast foods on the table. Encourage them to choose their favorite one.

• Evaluation: Children should choose their favorite fast food and place a graphic representation under where the corresponding name is found. Children will observe which food is the most popular in the classroom.

• Instructional Resource: Charlesworth, R., and Lind, K. K. (2010). Math and Science For Young Children (6th ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.

Graphing

Graphing