Preschool Math Week 15

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

- 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 41-50. Use flashcards and have child put them in order. Each day choose a “Number of the Day” between 41 and 50. Use these worksheets to practice tracing each number, or have them write the number of the day on the chalkboard. Count the “Forty Family” (41-50) each day, then count from 1-50.

Day 1

Sing this song to begin memorizing counting by 10’s.

Using these Counting by 10’s Cards, have your child place them in order from smallest to greatest. Point out that if he/she covers up the “0”, it is the same as lining them up from 1-10.

Now practice taking numbers out of the sequence and having the child guess which number is missing.

Place the numbers on the floor in random order and have your child jump to each number in the correct order when they count by 10’s.

Day 2

Use this “Skip Counting Color-In” Worksheet to color in the Counting by 10’s. Point out the numbers’ placement on the 100’s Chart.

Introduce the dime. Talk about its shape and color, what is on the heads side, what is on the tails side, etc. Then tell the child the dime is equal to ten cents. Remind them when we counted pennies, we counted by 1’s because the penny is equal to one cent. So when we count dimes, we count by 10’s. Practice counting by 10’s as you push the dimes to the opposite side of your table. Be sure to point out that when we get to one hundred, we say “one dollar.”

Create a “store” with items that are 10¢, 20¢, 30¢, 40¢, and so on… Allow your child to “purchase” an item and pay for it using dimes.

Create your own “Order the Numbers” Worksheet with numbers up to 40. If this is too hard, you could use flashcards and place them in the order shown on the worksheet and allow child to manipulate them to put them in the correct order.

Day 3

Practice Skip Counting by 10’s with this maze.

Practice working with large numbers like 100. Find 100 of any particular item: straws, Unifix cubes, cereal, beads, etc. (Here are some ideas.) Have your child determine how to count the large number by grouping them into piles of 10 each. Take some away and repeat the activity with a smaller number and group by 10’s.

Do some review of estimation. Using your same item of 100, or using Cheerios, place a handful on a laminated 100’s Chart. Have your child estimate how many he/she thinks are on the mat. Then have him/ her place one on each number on the chart in order to count the total. (Idea found here.)

Day 4

Try this Skip Counting by 10’s Number Order Puzzle.

Practice counting dimes with this worksheet.