Peanut Hunt (Substitute Pea Pods, Carob Pods, or any other natural obect that can be shelled to discover mutiple beans)

An exciting hunting game which later involves counting out and graphing the natural goods.

Objectives

Children ages 5-6 years will be able to see two rows of object the same length and make one-to-one comparison to determine if same or not the same number of objects Cog. IIIC
and they can write capitals of their name FM III
Children ages 4-5 will be able to order objects by quantity (a lot vs. a little) Cog. IIIA
and ages 3-4 ½ can count to 10 and answers how many Cog. IIIC
and they will be able to count 2 to 5 objects and answers how many Cog. IIIC

 
 
 

Materials

Peanuts or peanut substitutes hidden around classroom or play yard; graph paper; small paper bags.

Procedures

1. Teacher explains to kids that there are peanuts (or _____) hidden for them to find and put in their bags.

2. After the kids find all the peanuts, have them bring them together to count. Let the kids take turns writing names and coloring in boxes on a bar graph to represent the quantity they found.

3. Teacher asks, "Which lines are equal? Who has the most? Who has the least?” etc.

Extension: If possible, hide (or have previously hidden) a second batch of peanuts in another area for a second hunt. Have children chart how many found the second time using different color felt pen on same graph or make another. Then each child can compare how many found first and second hunts.

Variations
 
1. Graph where peanuts were found by area, or graph how many had 1, 2, or 3 nuts inside the shell, etc.

2. If you can find various shellable commodities (carob pods AND pea pods, etc.) graph information about each separate commodity.