Number Activities for Kindergarten Children

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Number Activities for Kindergarten Children
Due to the abstract nature of numbers, learning
them can be a difficult task for many
children. However, teachers can lessen this
difficulty by teaching them number games and
rhymes. By involving children in these
activities, maths, counting, and numbers become
tremendously approachable. Toddlers especially
like to sing along, and putting valuable
information in lyrical form lets them have fun
while learning, making the purpose behind the
education more fruitful. Below are some examples
of number games that help children get better at
the activity without intimidating them.
Number Train
First and foremost, kids love trains. They are
fascinated by them - in large part due to
popular shows like Thomas the Tank Engine.
Leveraging that fondness, we use blocks, straws
and tape - or anything that children can stack in
a line to take a train. Due to the relatively
intricate nature of the activity, this works
better if a group of children are doing it.
For this activity, you will require differently
colored blocks or straws of different shapes, a
ruler scale, tape and plenty of space to do the
activity.
This activity aims to horizontally stack as many
blocks or straws as possible on the ground
to make a train.
Demonstrating the activity helps children ground
the abstract nature of it. Please encourage them
to participate. Ask them to choose a small number
- under 10. Stack the blocks or straws per the
number they chose. Provide each child with a set
of blocks or straws, or make teams if there
aren't enough items available.
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Make each child or team stack the blocks or
straws per the number you give them. You
can repeat this as many times as necessary or
until the children lose interest in the activity.
This activity helps children develop their number
sense and counting ability.
Number Tracing
All the children need to do in this activity is
recreate a number on paper. The best way of
doing this is by tracing them. The requirements
for this activity are just papers, charts,
markers and pencils.
As the teacher on the chart paper, write all the
numbers to be traced by the children in
a relatively big font. Ensure there is adequate
space between the two numbers so the child
does not mistakenly overlap the tracing.
This activity helps children learn how to write
numbers and recognize them accurately.
Painting Numbers
This activity is a great way to get the child's
artistic and numerical talents on display
by identifying numbers on a sheet correctly and
coloring them in appropriate in order o get
the picture right.
For this activity you will require a
painting-by-numbers template and paints, crayons
or color pencils in order to fill the templates
in.
Two computer prints of the easy model templates
are better - especially if they have fewer
but larger sections that the child can color in
easily.
Do the activity with the child, walk the little
one through it. Show him by coloring on of the
items in the template.
Afterwards, ask the young learner to choose the
next number and color it in with the
assigned corresponding cooler. Have them color
the template completely.
Through this activity children learn number
recognition, correspondence and coloring skills.
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and fun games like the ones discussed above.