Grab an old sheet and let's get started!
We use this old blue one for everything! I'm sorry if you have seen it in other posts and upcoming posts! It's just so handy to have around the house!
I purchased three bags of dried beans at our local store. Buy whatever colors strike you as fun. I also focused on getting different sizes. 1 bag of large white beans, 1 of black beans, and 1 pinto beans.
I get out just about anything that can scoop or move beans.
We gather containers, funnels, measuring scoops, table spoons, everything that's fun!
Let them scoop and dump, make piles, spread them around (within reason).
This is a great sorting activity! Help provide your kids with vocabulary such as largest, smallest, big, bigger, biggest....
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| please excuse the yucky picture, I bet you can get the gist |
We got silly and starting making food troughs for our animals and pools for them to swim.
Do whatever your kids want with this, just talk with them. It's so important to teach conversation skills and teach them the vocabulary by modeling it for them!!! I can't tell you the number of 5th graders I teach that lack, what we think is basic vocabulary, and the ability to hold a full conversation. Many don't even respond "How are you?" if they are asked the question first.
All I can stress is TALK with your children! YOU are their first and MOST teachers!!!!
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