10 Black Dots

"Monster with T-Rex babies."

"14 Dinosaur eggs."

"Sponge Bob is eating these cookies."

Counting the dots.

"Balloons."


We read the book 10 Black Dots by Donald Crews. Then during small group each student got 10 black dots to create a picture.

COR:
J - Drawing and Painting Pictures
S - Using Complex Patterns of Speech
BB - Counting

Iowa Western Health Fair

At the Physical Therapy Station the students got to try out crutches, walkers, and a wheel chair. We counted how many steps it took them to get from on line to the other.


Ernie the ERV - Talked about how Red Cross helps us in Emergencies. We counted the lights on Ernie.

They talked to us about some of the things doctors use to help you get better when you are sick.

Looking at a X-Ray of a hand. We counted how many fingers the X-Ray had.

911 Simulator. The students dialed the numbers 911 on the phone.

STOP, DROP, and ROLL. The students pretended their clothes were on fire and had to roll to put the fire out.


Scrubby Bear - Taught us how to wash our hands.



Football Safety. The football players talked to us about how they wear helmets and shoulder pads to keep them safe.




They talked to us about how to safely cross the street.


A Whale we saw at the Health Fair. He talked about water safety.

IWCC Mascot.

A Puppy to teach us Pet Safety. How we need to ask our Mom or Dad if we can pet the puppy.

We went on our field trip to the Iowa Western Health Fair. There were several different booths around the gym. Some of the stations we visited included: ID Bracelets, Physical Therapy (wheel chair, crutches, etc.), 911 Simulator, Casting, Sun Safety, Radiology (X-Rays), Pet Safety, Red Cross - Scrubby Bear, and Fire Safety (Stop, Drop, & Roll).

Birthday Cake

He is placing the candles on the cake.

She is busy adding the candles to her cake.

She is singing Happy Birthday.


At small group time each student was given a piece of play dough, rolling pin, and some crayons to use as candles. I started out by telling them that we are going to have a birthday party and they needed to help me make the birthday cake. The students then rolled our the play dough into their birthday cake and added the candles. We sang happy birthday and then the students blew out the candles. I had the student count the number of candles in their cake and asked if that was how old they were. Some students used the same number of candles as their age and others used more candles.

Content Area: Number Sense & Operations

Topics: Comparing & Ordering (Quantity) and Counting

Iowa Early Learning Standards: 11.1 - Comparison and Number

NAEYC: 2.F.02 - Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to build understanding of numbers, number names, and their relationship to object quantities and to symbols.

COR items:
B - Solving Problems With Materials
P - Singing
BB - Counting

Dot Cards and Motions

Counting the number of dots on the card.




Every day during Greeting time we count the number of dots on a card and then do a movement that number of times. For example: Touch your toes and count to 10, stand on one foot and count to 3, or 6 jumping jacks.

Content Area: Number Sense & Operations

Topic: Counting

COR items:
L - Moving in Various Ways
BB - Counting

Iowa Early Learning Standards: 11.1 - Comparison and Number

What's Your Favorite Book?

We went and saw the play There's An Alligator Under My Bed at the Rose Theater. The students really enjoyed it. We then talked about what our favorite part of the play was. There choices were: There's An Alligator Under My Bed, There's A Nightmare In My Closet, or There's Something in the Attic. Each student told me what their favorite one was and then they placed a picture of the book on the graph. We found out that 8 people like There's An Alligator Under My Bed, two people like There's A Nightmare In My Closet, and four people like There's Something in the Attic.

Content area: Number Sense

COR item:
E - Relating to Adults
S - Using Complex Patterns of Speech
BB - Counting

NAEYC: 2.F.02 - Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to build understanding of number, number names, and their relationship to object quantities and to symbols.

Iowa Early Learning Standard: 11.1 - Comparison and Number

Basket Toss

During Small Group we did an activity Basket Toss. Each group got some bean bags to toss into a large basket. We then counted the number of bean bags that made it into the basket and the number that did not make it into the basket. We then documented the number on a chart. We talked about if more bean bags made it into the basket or onto the floor.

The topics covered: Comparing and Ordering (Quantity), Counting, Number Words and Symbols, and Representing (Data Analysis).

Content Area: Number Sense and Operations

COR items:
E - Relating to Adults
F - Relating To Other Children
M - Moving with Objects
BB - Counting
CC - Identifying Position and Direction

Button Drop

We did the Math activity Button Drop. The activity took place during small group time. Each small group got 10 buttons and a large cup and a small cup. The students took turns dropping the buttons into the cup. We then counted the number of buttons that went into the cup and that missed the cup and documented the number on a chart. We talked about if more buttons made it into the cup or onto the floor and marked it on the chart.

The topics that it covered are: Comparing and Ordering (Quantity), Composing and Decomposing, Counting, Number Words and Symbols, and Representing (Data Analysis).
Content Area: Number Sense and Operations

COR items:
F - Relating to Other Children
R - Using Vocabulary
BB - Counting
NAEYC connection: 2.F.02 - Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to build understanding of numbers, number names, and their relationship to object quantities and to symbols.