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Week 2
Day 1:
Exploring math concepts - More or Less
What do you need?
2 plates
Tongs, ladles, spoons
Manipulatives such as Lego pieces, or small figurines, vehicles.
How can you work with your child?
Encourage your child to place manipulatives randomly on 2 plates.
Get your child to pause once the plate is full or when it is obvious one has more or less.
Count out loud with your child the number of manipulatives placed on each plate and emphasize which has more or less.
What's next?
Use tongs, ladles and spoons to vary picking up of the manipulatives. Each mode of picking up can be put on different plates and make the comparison of more and less.
Day 2:
Let’s construct - Exploring the letter C
What do you need?
Marker
Paper
Small manipulatives, like buttons or bottle caps
Yarn
Circular crackers (Ritz Crackers)
How can you work with your child?
Using the marker to write the letter C on a paper.
Invite your child to place small pieces of manipulatives on the letter C.
Use yarn and do the same.
Once done, encourage your child to identify the letter C.
What's next?
Offer some circular crackers to your child. Bite the cracker in such a way that a letter C is formed.
Day 3:
Let’s construct –
Reinforcing Tall & Short, Number sense
What do you need?
Plastic boxes/containers
Manipulatives such as Lego, wooden blocks
Ball
How can you work with your child?
Invite your child to build a tall building or tower with the plastic boxes and blocks.
As your child is building, count out loud with your child the number of boxes and the blocks used for each building or tower.
Invite your child to build a few and compare which is taller and shorter.
Build as many as your child pleases.
What's next?
Encourage your child to knock down the built towers and buildings with a ball and build again.
Day 4:
Let’s construct - Exploring the letter D
What do you need?
Table cloth/space for messy play
Mixing bowl
Spoons
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup baking soda
3/4 cup water
Optional:
2-3 drops of essential oils are fun to add in
4-5 drops of food coloring
How can you work with your child?
Add the ingredients into the mixing bowl to make play dough.
Make a proper batch with correct measurements and place it at the side.
Encourage your child to mix their own dough using choice measurements.
Let your child explore and play!
Day 5:
Exploring the letter D
What do you need?
Play dough made on Day 4
Paper
Marker
How can you work with your child?
Encourage your child to roll the play dough on the table and make little ‘worms’.
Write the letter D on the paper and invite your child to place the ‘worms’ on it, emphasizing on straight and curved lines.
What's next?
Complicate play by adding pebbles, stones, sticks for a natural play!
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