Make dinosaur footprints on play dough. This activity is good for comparing and using the words: same, different, bigger, and smaller 🙂 You can also do this using animal figures.
Tag: fun
Counting Game
I have to be creative in counting activities to keep Caleb’s attention. This is a counting game that we like to play.
Materials:
1. Counting cards
2. Number line for each player
3. Counters (we used pompoms and glass stones)
How to play:
1. Put the counting cards face down. Players take turns getting a counting card and counts the dots on the cards.
2. Then, the player puts the corresponding number of stones on the number line to match the number on the counting card.
3. The winner will be the player who reaches the end of the number line first.
Animal Action Dice
I made these using Caleb’s building toys. We took turns rolling them and acting out feelings and making animal sounds. This was a fun way to teach feelings and play pretend at the same time!
Here’s Caleb as a surprised tiger.
Another way we do animal actions is by using this book by Karen Pandell and Art Wolfe.
It has wonderfully clear pictures of animals and children imitating them. Easy for Caleb to “read” and copy even when I’m busy doing other things.
How about you, what do you like to do for pretend play with your kids? Any recommendations? I would love to hear from you!
Domestic Goddess Tonni 