One of the girls’ favorite math activities this week was counting the house. I gave them a list of various things around our home – windows, tables, chairs, bathtubs, etc. – and they had to go around the house counting and recording the numbers. They loved it! Somehow anything involving a clipboard is super-cool to them… :)
If you’d like to try this with your child, here’s our list to download and print. Have fun!
Enjoy your weekend!
What a GREAT idea! My first grader loves to count things and make little bar graphs — he’s going to go nuts for this!
Wow, what an awesome activity! I think this will be a big hit at our house too – thanks for the list to use!
I just came across your blog, and I must say its jam-packed with so many ideas! Thanks so much for sharing, I’m so glad for these activities and can’t wait to try them out when my baby is older! :)
I LOVE this idea, it’s perfect for my 3yo who is just starting to “get” counting.
This looks fun. Thanks for the PDF.
Thanks for the list. Such a simple idea, but my son loves to count things so I know it will be enjoyed.
GReat idea!
Cute idea, I may have to try this one!
Thanks for this! A great idea for my two when they are “bored”.
Super fun! I think all of my kids would like this — even the bigger kids.
Great idea and we hope you do not mind but we’ve added this activity to an upcoming post on our blog. It’s currently scheduled for Monday and we used the thumbnail of the PDF and linked directly to this post and cited this site with credit. Let us know if this is not permissible and we’ll remove it. Thanks!
Thanks for the download. Can’t wait to try it!
Wow! This is awesome! Just discovered your blog and love it!
Great activity! Thanks! I think I’m going to print this up and give it to my 6 year old…should keep her busy while I’m cooking :)
Hi! I am a guest writer today at Our Mommyhood and I talked about and linked to this activity! Just wanted you to know!
http://www.ourmommyhood.com/2010/09/01/kid-activities/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OurMommyhood+%28Our+Mommyhood%29
Just came across your blog and love this idea and the pdf!
Have also got some great pdfs for counting activities at another site I recently discovered that you may like to take a look at:
http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/kindergarten-number-activities.html
Loved this download! Thanks for sharing. I blogged about it here and linked back to your site:
http://mymontessorimoments.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/counting-the-house/
I did something similar this last Summer. We “rated” playgrounds. We counted all the slides, ways to go up, ways to climb down, sand?, wood chips? spongy? 3 star ratings etc… This was a highlight for my older child (8), while the little one just simply enjoyed the park. When we had a free schedule we immediately thought, lets go find a new playground. Schools were our favorite.