Preschool Math Week 11

Daily Calendar Time

See the overview for Calendar Time.

Here is what to include this week:
- What is today's date? Song-- use dry erase marker to write in every day
- Days of the Week Printable w/ song

- Use one of these songs to begin to learn the months of the year. Use this fun chart in your notebook to help remember them!
- "Today Is..."/ "Tomorrow Is..." Printable-- use with dry erase markers
- Trace the number of today's date on the Monthly Calendar
- Find the number of today's date on the picture and color it.
- Weather Graph—each day you will look outside to decide if the weather is sunny, cloudy, rainy, etc. and fill in one box on the graph in the appropriate row. At the end of the month, be sure to count totals for each type of weather.

- Color one number per day on the 100's Chart

- Continue to work on memorizing the child’s full name, parents’ names & address

- Practice counting from 21 to 30. Use flashcards and have child put them in order. Each day choose a “Number of the Day” between 21 and 30. Use these worksheets to practice tracing each number, or have them write the number of the day on the chalkboard. Count the “Twenty Family” (21-30) each day, then count from 1-30.

Day 1

Read the book Lengthy by Syd Hoff. Discuss the word length and its meaning. Talk about shorter and taller.

Give the child a “Space Stick,” which is really just a popsicle stick or tongue depressor. Ask him to go around the room and find things that are shorter than his Space Stick & make a collection. Then find things that are longer and collect them.

Give the child a collection of items and have him put them in order from shortest to tallest (ex: straw, Space Stick, crayons, paintbrush, spoon, ruler, paper clip, etc.) Remind child of the importance of lining up all the objects on one end (which will be necessary later when using a ruler).

Number Writing #1-20 Worksheet

 

Day 2

Learn to measure everyday items with non-standard measurement (a unit other than inches or centimeters). Using Unifix cubes or LEGOs, help your child to count how many blocks it takes to reach the length of each object on this recording sheet (scroll down to Day 8). Then let him choose more objects around the house to measure using the second recording sheet.

Long vs. Short Worksheets for practice

Day 3

Introduce the second new concept for the week: estimation. Show a pile of 10-20 objects of some sort. Ask the child to “estimate” or “guess” how many objects are in the pile. Then count the objects together to see how close he got. Repeat several times.

Make a simple recording sheet with 3 columns: the first will show a picture of small household objects to be measured. The second column will be labeled “estimate” and the third “actual.” Be sure to explain the terms to the child. Allow him to first look at each of the items in the first column and write down an estimate (or “prediction”) as to how many LEGOs or Unifix cubes he will have to stack to reach the length of that object (as we did yesterday). Then use the blocks to “measure” each item. Count them together and write the actual answer in the third column. Be sure to assure him his estimates were not wrong—when we are making estimates, we truly do not know the answer and that is why we measure. See this idea here.

Next, measure the same objects using your “space stick.” Add a 4^th column to record how long the objects are when you measure them this way. Talk about why the numbers are so different.

Fishy Estimation Worksheet

Day 4

Marshmallow Measurement Worksheet

Play-Doh Fun Time! Use these Number #1-20 Play-Doh Mats or these Shape-Themed Play-Doh Mats. Make “snakes” of different lengths and put them in order from shortest to tallest.