Pumpkin Math
[30 Minutes]
The smiling jack-o-lantern gives your child seeds to use in activities that are fun as well as educational!
You'll need:
dried pumpkin seeds large index cards glue marker or crayon cotton swab or paint brush
What to do:
- Let your child use wide markers or crayons and help her draw numbers on large index cards.
- Show her how to dip a cotton swab in glue and trace over the numbers.
- Invite your child to paste dried seeds over the glue.
- When the number cards are dry, encourage your child to move her finger over each number. Use the cards for counting, simple math problems, and matching games.
- Help your child learn shapes by drawing a circle, square or triangle on paper. Encourage her to glue pumpkin seeds on the shape outline.
- Draw holiday shapes on paper (for example: pumpkin, ghost, turkey, cat, or bat). Encourage your child fill inside the shape with glued pumpkin seeds.
Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.
- Where did you glue the seeds? On a number? A shape?
- Have you looked inside a real pumpkin?
- What did you see?
Useful information:
While you are having fun together, this activity provides experiences for developing concepts related to shapes, number recognition, and math.
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