R is not always interested in my suggestion that we sit down and work on a concept, but she is very competitive lately and wants to turn everything into a game. I am more than happy to make learning a game. This is what we did:
The first person to put ten acorns in a line won the first round.
The first person to make a circle using nine acorns won round two.
To win the third round, the players had to be first to make a rectangle using the entire perimeter of the tray.
The final round could be won by being the first to make a circle in a rectangle.
After returning the acorns to the squirrels and washing the trays and our hands, we snuggled up on the couch and read one of our favorite squirrel books, Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert.
8 comments:
It sounds like a great time! It's funny how they get competitive around R's age.
nice! if we had acorns around here, i'd use them to practice estimation and counting! might have to get me some from the school parking lot!
nice! if we had acorns around here, i'd use them to practice estimation and counting! might have to get me some from the school parking lot!
This is a great idea! That book looks really cute, too, I'll have to see if we can find it at the library.
That is a good idea...a letter A activity as well as a fall activity and its free!
Another terrific book! We have a couple crazy squirrels, that entertain the children outside the library - maybe we'll have a squirrel book reading time while we're there next :)
Squirrels are really fun to watch, and too funny that R will do anything if it's a game. Sounds pretty much like Anna :) She loves to use acorn caps as dishes for Playmobil characters.
You are incredibly creative! :) I would never have thought to play a game with acorns. Another book that you might enjoy with the squirrel theme is Miss Suzy. It's an older book and I'm not sure who the author is. But it's wonderful!
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