Creative Minds

Kid’s Corner

{Week 3: Size/Sorting}

Activity: Big or Small

Lesson by Annie

Theme: Summer Days    Color: Yellow

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Daily Opener:  

1.             Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}

2.            Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.

3.      ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}. 

Description:  Your child will size and sort “big” and “little” items to help them develop the difference of the two.

Materials:

• Five Small and Five Big items from child's toy collection
• Two large bowls
• White Paper
• Sharpie
• Tape

Directions:

1. Cut paper in half, on one piece write the word BIG and SMALL on the other piece. Tape one piece on one bowl and the other one the other bowl.
2. Explain and give examples of BIG and Small.
3. Scatter BIG and SMALL items in front of your child, have them size and sort through them placing all the BIG items in the BIG bowl and all the SMALL items in the SMALL bowl.
4. Line up all the BIG and SMALL items in a straight line, have your child point to one item at a time identifying if it is a BIG or SMALL item.
5. Repeat #3, praise your child for all that they accomplished today!

Learning Opportunity: 

1.             Your child will practice sizing and sorting BIG and SMALL items.

2.            Your child will understand the concepts of BIG and SMALL.

3.            Your child will gain confidence participating in this activity.

Read Aloud: 

Big Little

{Sing to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle"}

This is big and this is small

This is big and this is small

Big, small, big, small,


big, small, big,
 small,

This is big and this is small

This is big and this is small

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Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

*Stallone Tested and Approved: Stallone loved learning about the "big" and "small" today. Sorting and naming his toys brought a lot of joy to him as well! We even practiced spelling the words by having him trace each letter of "big" and "small." We definitely look forward to doing activities like this in the future, what an inexpensive way to teach your child a size/sorting lesson by simply using items from their room. :)

Materials Needed

These were my signs I taped on my bowls..simple!

Sorting away!

This was the second time we sorted, very proud of my son..I think he understood the concept!!