This post the Virtual Book Club’s celebration of the Earth. When they have found the number, they can place the correct number objects on it. Then you or your children can select a number to find. Your children can move down the number line and add the right number of objects to each mat. You can put out all the mats in numerical order. You may want to put out just a few numbers at a time. They will simply place the number of objects needed to match the number of each mat. Young children will need to start with one on one number correspondence. Using the spatula or a butter knife, have the child spread the peanut butter all over the pine cone and into its cracks. If you don’t small pom-poms, buttons or bead would be fine to use. Mix some oat bran with peanut butter in a bowl and tie a piece of twine to the pinecone to make a loop. If you have small lids, corks, bread tags or other small treasure, they would be great to use. Earth Day Math Activitiesīefore you start the Earth Day math activities you will need to print out the Recycling Bin Counting Number Printables and search for small items that your children can use to count with. They will give them some background on both topics.
If your children are not familiar with Earth Day or recycling, you will want to read them the book The EARTH Book or one of the other books listed at the end of this post. Each of them uses a set of Recycling Bin Counting Number Printables and your collection of treasures. Here are some Earth Day math activities that give you the opportunity to use them. You probably have a collection of small lids, caps, bread tags, and other small treasures that could have been put in your recycling bin, but kept them to use later.