Big Math Activities for Young Children
ABOUT THIS RESOURCE. ABOUT THE AUTHORS. SUGGESTIONS FOR USING BIG MATH ACTIVITIES. NUMBER SENSE AND COUNTING: Number Search Walk. Find That Number. Number Write. Number Bake.Number Book. Calender Game. Leg Count. Musical Count. Hang That Number. Table Math. Eatable Math. Capture the Critter. Before and After. Two-by-Two. Number Bowling. More or Less. Cereal Count. Fraction Play Dough. Underhand. Rocks in Hand. Teen Recognition. Fraction Plates. Birthday List. Order Race. Counting with Glasses. Finding Fractions. Right On/Before/After. Closer is Better. Fractions Can Be Tricky. NUMBER OPERATIONS: Combinations in the Hand. Cover That Number. Rollin' Math Beans. Get Ten. Add'Em and Eat"Em. Animal Adoption. Above, Below, Left, Right. Before/After Roll. Drop the Money. Coin Trade. Money Match Math. What Price? Number Mystery Puzzle. Calculation Shopping. Under Cover Art. Math Tic-Tac-Toe. Plus and Minus.Add It Up. Do This. Milk Carton Calculators. Five Fact flower. Addition Partners. MEASUREMENT: Line Up. Stick Walk. Rock 'N Roll Measures. People Compare. Hand Guess. Footsteps for Fun. Leaf Relief. Fill the Pan. Spoonful of Sugar. Mouth Full. Up and Down Weights. Lightweight/Heavyweight. What's Heavier? Time Stunts. Collecting Clocks. It's Time. Time It and Graph It. Dressed for the Weather. Hot and Cold. Measure Me. GEOMETRY: Food Patterns. Search for a Shape. Shape Draw. Traffic Sign Shapes. Shape Picture. Is It Symmetrical? Alphabet Symmetry. Pattern Production. Shape Design. Using Right Triangles. Which Way Is Right? All Around Walk. Hide and Seek. 3-D Shape Search. 2-D, 3-D. Building Frameworks. PROBLEM SOLVING AND REASONING: Toy Sort. Follow the Leader. Sound Patterns. Pine Needle-ly Patterns. Silverware Sort. Classifying Collections. Attributes in Common. Cupboard Rearrange. What's Missing. Scavenger Hunt. Across the Board. The Critter Crawl. Penny Pickup. Last Is Best. Candy Graph. People Graphs. Candy Estimate. Cereal Guess. Pocketful of Change. I Predict. Peek Boxes. My Lucky Number. Colorful "Squiggle" Designs. Build A Network. APPENDICES: Simple Equipment to Make of Acquire. Selected Resources for Use With Young Children. Selected Sources for Parents and Teachers. Recommended Developmental Experiences.