EDEL 200 Activity Plan Resources

This book is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for kindergarten and first-grade mathematics in operations and algebraic thinking: (K.OA. 1-5) and (1.OA. 1-8). We have 8 little chicks. We add 1 more, then we add 1 more. Now we have ten! Bright photographs of puppets, marbles, chicks, dogs, and other fun objects, a rhyming text, and a fun game help children learn to add. This book teaches children how to connect numbers with a value and introduces them to mathematical equations. As the author explains, "This is a book about experiencing addition through hands-on play and exploration."

If you were an inch or a centimeter, you would be the height, width, or length of things. You could be a new snowfall, a TV set, or a short haircut. What else could you be if you were an inch or a centimeter?

Brian Cleary and Brian Gable bring their trademark sense of humor to the subject of measuring length. A rhyming text filled with funny examples explains how to use and compare metric and U.S. customary units of length. Readers are also introduced to the tools they need to measure length--rulers, metersticks, and more.

Photographs and text introduce the concept of length and how to measure it.

Players roll 3 dice (two number dice and 1 operation die), perform addition or subtraction based on the roll, and use the result of the operation to move the appropriate number of spaces on the game board. The first player to reach the finish space wins the game.

Players draw cards, add or subtract 1, 2, or 3 to the number on the top card on the pile, and determine if they have a card that can be played next. The first player out of cards wins.

Big chunky tape measure is easy for preschool children to use but looks and works like a real retractable tape measure. Designed to help children understand length and size relationships and learn how to read and use a tape measure.