Then put more into the other jar and let them estimate. I have taken away one jar, as they seemed to catch on pretty fast about what ten items looked like. Fill with potting soil and plant a couple of radish seeds or carrot seets in each shell. I put mine under a grow-light or in a sunny window to hasten growth. At Easter time, I write sentences on writing paper, cut them apart, and insert a sentence in a plastic easter egg.
Students draw an egg from the basket and write their sentence on paper.
When finished, they can trade egg for a different one. Read Elmer the Elephant to class. Then give kids a large picture of elephant and lots of 1 inch squares of colored tissue paper. They will cover the elephant with the glue and colored squares then cut out around the outside edge. Talk about the meaning of the word.