Numerals and Number Sets: Apple Tree

An attractive gluing project which involves counting and writing out the numeral. Children can compare trees and count out each other's apples.

Objectives

Children ages 4-6 years can write numerals FM III
counts 10 apples and answering how many Cog. IIIC
matching number sets to numerals Cog. IIIC
and can count to 5 and answer how many Cog. IIIC
Children ages 3-4 can trace numerals FM III

 
 

Materials

White paper; pre-cut brown tree trunks, green tree tops and red apples; paste.

Procedures

1. Give children pieces of white paper and have them paste on the tree trunks and tree tops.

2. Have them next paste on the apples, counting as they go and continuing to keep track of the amount.

3. When finished, have them count up the total and copy or trace the numeral on to the tree trunk.

4. They can write their names on the bottom and put their work up on the bulletin board.

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Variation
 
Large Group: on felt boad, have large felt trunk and treetop. Have numerous felt apples or birds in one box, felt numerals in another. Children take turns, one child placing a numeral or number set for another to come up and match.