i need to come up with a game & a math activity for preschoolers by tomorrow! please help!!!?

Question

i'm in a class where we teach prechool students, and we have to have a game and a bunch of other things. i am teaching tomorrow and i don't have a math or a game. my theme is the ocean but if you don't know any ocean games or math activities that is okay, i just need ideas. so please help me!!!!!!

Answer 1

are you working with 3-5 year olds? I just did a math activity where kids have to predict how many rocks there hand can hold. I bought a bag of glass pebbles (the kind you would put at the bottom of a fish tank, the large round ones.) I modeled this first. I said, "I think I can pick up 16 rocks with one hand." Then I reached in with one hand and grabbed as many rocks as I could. I placed them in front of me and said, " OK, let's count them." I also had a chart for each child numbered 1-60 (they wont get 60) and when they made their prediction I circled the corresponding number. Here is the step by step.

1. Introduce the activity
2. have child predict # of rocks
3. child grabs rocks with 1 hand
4. child places rocks on table
5. child (and teacher if needed) counts rocks out loud touching each one as s/he counts

This could lead into so many more activities. You could talk about less than and more than, you can introduce numerals, and you can do sorting with the pebbles (if they are different colors)

Answer 2

u could play run away from the shark, where u have islands (hoops) which only 3 people can stand on otherwise they sink. if they sink, take the hoop away. There are sharks which people have to run away from. There are boundaries and after u have been tipped, u are a shark, u can only stay on an island for 10 seconds. islands are spread out on a corner of a medium field and a few around the centre. for a maths activity, u could stick a number above a preschooler's head so they can't see it. It will be a number between 1 and 20 or higher or lower. The preschooler who doesn't no the number would say a number and everyone else would say if it's higher or lower. once the child has guessed the number, another child will have a turn of guessing the number.

Answer 3

I am known as The Game Lady. I teach workshops on making educational games. I have used games since 1984 when I began homeschooling my own three children. I have also used games in a classroom.

On my Games For Learning website I share some game ideas. The link below will take you to an idea page. If you scroll down you will see some ideas for math games. And a little lower you will see some ideas for ocean games.

One I would suggest is under the math games. It is called turtles and frog. It describes being used for addition and subtraction, but could be easily just used for counting. Also, think about using just a bowl of water and some sea creatures and you have BOTH MATH AND OCEANS.

http://www.angelfire.com/wi2/GamesForLearning/ideas.html

Have fun.

Answer 4

You could have the children count seashells, you can get them at a craft store. Have them count only the small ones and then only the big ones.
For a game you could bury some "treasure" in the sandbox outside or fill the sensory table with sand and have the children find a particular object amoung other things in there or have 2 tables set up and see who can find the treasure first. Hope this helped!

Answer 5

Bring in plastic fish, or magazines or something with fish that the kids can cut out or you could make a few little paper fish tonight. Have the kids roll dice to see how many fish they get (or you could do it, to simplify if it is a big class you could roll for an entire table; the purple table gets... 4 fish each!) If you are worried about loosing the dice to your Yahtzee game (are these kids dice swallowers?) you could try with something else, do you have any big fuzzy dice? Maybe a spinner? Then you could have the ids count how many red fish they have, how many blue fish... etc. and they could paste them on a paper for the kids to take home.

Answer 6

Read a book on the ocean.

Are the kids counting yet?

Have the kids do a craft project where they color fish and glue them to paper. Make sure each kid has room to glue multiple fish and then hang them up and count the fish in each picture.

Have picture of many different kinds of fish and have the kids sort them into groups.

Answer 7

I hope it works!!!

POPCORN TO SHARE

Objective: Solve problems in which numeration and number recognition is used when following a sequence of number patterns (counting by a given number).

Requirements: The child must have prior knowledge of some number patterns simple addition techniques and some vocabulary related to the subject.

Suggested Age: Children from 5 to 6 years of age.

Materials: Small shapes, clay, paper, pencil, colors, crayons, counters, or manipulatives (measuring spoons) which may be of any type. Flash cards containing the problem’s information may be used, or a number line.


Preparation: Have the small shapes, number line, or paper and pencil close by. Then read the word problem and together identify strategies to solve it.

Procedure: Have the children joined the teacher, they may be organized in small groups. They may be gathered around, on their desks or sitting in a small group on the floor.

Problem: Robert really loves to share with his friends. Today He will be making some popcorn and having some friends over. When he makes popcorn He uses one spoonful of kernels so three friends can eat. And when he uses two spoonfuls of kernels six friends can eat. But he has a problem, how many friends will eat if he uses three spoonfuls?


Problem Solving Process:

1. Explore: Begin by asking the children questions related to the problem. Ask them: Do you know what popcorn is? Do you know what a kernel is?
On the other side ask them: Do you know what patterns are? Have you ever made patterns? How did you made them?


2. Reading: Read the problem in an attractive way for the children. This way they will have fun listening to it. Mention them to keep track of the sequence of the story.

3. Comprehension: At this point ask the children to identify the information the word problem is providing for them.

Ask the following questions:

-What was the boy’s problem?
-How many friends can eat with a spoonful of kernels?
-How many friends can eat with 2 spoonfuls of kernels?

If children do not answer these questions read the problem again.




4. Analyze:


4.1. Dividing the problem into parts
Let’s divide the problem into parts, ask the children: What do we have to do first? , What do we have to do next?


4.2. Simplifying or reforming the question
Let’s simplify the question: How could you make the problem shorter?
If the children do not know what to answer, tell them: Let’s try to make the problem easier by taking away some words. Which words could those be?


4.3. Selecting perspectives (What mathematical operation will be used)
Ask the children: What could we do to be able to solve this problem? What comes to your mind?
If no answer is given, you may say: If Robert uses 1 spoonful of kernels for three children and then 2 spoonfuls for 6 children, how many children will eat if he uses 3 spoonfuls?


5. Planning: Ask the children to give suggestions about the different strategies they may use to solve the problem.
Ask them: How are you going to ______________ (count)? (This question depends on the child’s answer while selecting perspectives).
You should have manipulatives (paper, pencils, colors, objects) in case the child asks for some.


6. Solution: Ask the children to solve the problem, depending on the strategies they have chosen. If they are not able to do so, you may say: Remember what you said you were going to do. Do you need something to solve the problem?

6.1 Include local monitoring: As the children solve the problem, stop and encourage them to verify their work by speaking out loud. You can ask: How do you know that you are doing it right?


7. Communication: Ask: How did you do to solve the problem? Explain me what you did before to know the answer.


8. Evaluation and Proof: Ask: What can we do to know that the answer is right?

9. Representation: You may say: Now we are going to show Robert’s problem and the solution we gave it, and we are going to do it in a creative way. Each one can do it as you want. For example you can dance, sing, paint, act or anything else that you like or you can crate to show it.

10. Real Life Connection: You may ask: Let’s think in what other situation we can _______ (count)? (This question depends on the child’s perspective to solve the problems). If no answer is given, you can give an example of a situation similar to the problem that had happened to you. Then, you can ask them again: In what other situation we can _______ (count)?

Answer 8

lots of the prev ideas are good....

in my classrooms these are among the favorites for the theme you are working on.....ocean life dominoes, sink/float, fishing/or something similar in the water table either with water or hunting for sea animals in a table with rice, or materials in blue colors/with various textures.....as far as a game you can use several of raffis songs (baby beluga, or something else) and swim, or crawl like sea animals, or see who can walk like a crab the farthest,

and oh by the way next time plan farther ahead and your activity wont seem so rushed and will actually work out better

Answer 9

(Sung to the melody of Wheels on the Bus.)

The waves on the sea go up and down, up and down, up and down, the waves on the sea go up and down all day long.

Continues with:

2. The shark in the sea goes snap snap snap..

3. The fish in the sea go swish swish swish..

4. The boats in the sea go toot toot toot...

Here are some websites I use a lot, I hope this is a help to you:

www.preschooleducation.com
www.drjean.org
www.preschoolexpress.com
www.atozteacherstuff.com
www.preschoolrainbow.com

Just type in free printables on what you would like and something should come up. Good Luck

Answer 10

how bout a game of 'shark shark grey shark',,instead of duck duck grey duck,,,,,when the grey shark is 'picked',he/she jumps up,,chompin' theyr'e teeth while chasing (but make sure to tell the kids,,,NO BITING),,,ok,,well you asked for ideas! good luck.
Here's another idea,,,devide the kids in schools of fish,,,each fish group gather together and try to swim using the same motions (as you would see real fish swim in their schools,,in the ocean deep). Also, make the kids realize how MANY are in their school,,ie 4,,or 5,, or 7 of us. Ideas for fish could be,,,sharks,,,tuna,,,clownfish,,anglefish,,,(let the kids decide what kind of fish they want to be,,(have pictures)),,,ok,,have fun now!!