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Doto Anolysis ond Probobility

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1. Point to the picture thot hos one butterfly.
2. Point to the picture thot hos two butterflies.
3. Point to the picture thot hos three butterflies.
l+. Point to the picture thot hos the f ewest butterflies.

5. Point to the picture thot hos the most butterflies.
6. Point to the picture with the biggest butte rfly.
7. Point to the picture with the smollest butterfly.
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Number ond Operotiors

int to eoch group with 3,
then po int to eoch group with +.
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uoro Anotysts ond Hrobobtltty

Count oloud, then point
to the cor rect numbe?.

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1. How mony children ore in the picture?

2. How mony tricycles ore in the picture?
3. We con show thqt there is the some number
of things in groups by connecting things in one
group with things in the other group. Drow o line
segment to connect eoch tricycle with o child.
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Point to each group with t+ fish.
Po int to eoch group with 2 fish.

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Doto Anolysis ond ProbobilitY
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Count oloud, then Point
to the cor rect numbe?.

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we con show thot there is the some number of things

in.

in the
groups by conn e,c.ting things in one grouP with things

other grouP.

1. How mony children ore in the top picture?
2. How mony cor SeotS ore in the bottom picture?

3. Drow o line segment to connect eoch child with o cor seot'
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Number and Operot

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How mony trees?
Color 3 t?ees.

How mony bolloons?
Color + bolloons.

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Number ond Operotions

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Point to the pictures

thot have three things in them.

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Teoching

note:

ff your child is determining the set of fhree by counting,off

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er proise.

ft is importont thot

recognize "threeness" when the objacts are in different artongements. As your child moves obout
-.1e room, house, yord, or ploy arao, osk for exomples of three things.

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MnrHen,terrcel RresorurNa* Brarnxrse

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Soy Top or Bottom to

tell each locotion.

Top or Bottom?

Top or Bottom?

Top or Bottom?

Top or Bottom?
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Point to the Pictures thot hove f our things in them.
5oy how you con tell the pictures hove four things in them.

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Teoching n61s:

is importont
rf your child is dete.rminingrheset of four b-y-counting, offerproise'Asrtyour
child moves

erent oirongements.
thot childre n r"ro,qi.ii"fournass" when thZ objects ore.in diff
things'
of
four
exomples
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ploy
obout the room, hir,r.,yord, or

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MnrrEnnerrcaL REnsoxrxo- Beernnrno

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the leost orange juice?
Which gloss hos the most o?onge juice?

Wh ich gloss hos

Which cloud hos the most roindrops?
Which cloud hos f ewest roindrops?

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Touch ond soy the nome of each item in
the pottern. Then
obj ect behind the
continue e Pott ern.

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MarsEMarrcnl REnsoxrruo* Beornnrno

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Number ond Operotiotu

Point to the child who is first in line
ond soy the color of his shirt.
Point to the child who is second in
Iine ond soy the color of her shirt.
Teoching Note: Similor situotions could be estoblished with toys g1d gcJed or1] yith your chi.ld.
ns yourihild is troveling, comment obout which cor is first ot o troffic light, which bicycla ond rider is
first or second in line oiot sport proctice, who will 6egoing first ond second
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Touch ond soy the nome of eoch item in
the pottern. Then soy the nome of the
obj ect behind the g?een curtoin thot will
continue the pottern.

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CAN YOU FIND
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e look like a g?een pora de.

Frorn tiny seeds, we were mqde.
f n the sun , w? look fine.

All four of us in o line.

Of the pictures thot you see,
which one must this group be?

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*For more octivities like this, see our Can You Find lAeT^ series.

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Touch ond soy the nome of each item in
the pottern. Then soy the nome of the
obj ect behind the green curtoin
thot will continue the pottern.

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MaruEn,tarrcnL REnsorurruo* Beornrurruo

Number ond Operoticrs

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How mqny yellow crqyons o?e
there in the pictureZ

2. How mony

red croyon s a?e

there in the picture?

3. How mony blue croyons ore
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there in the picture?
How many croyons ore there
in the pictureZ

1. Point to o button on the
clown's shirt ond soy its
lor.
?. Point to o diff erent color
button on the clown's shirt
ond soy its color.
3. Point to onother diff erent
color button on the clown's
shirt and tell me its color.
How mony buttons in the
co

cture?
5. Tf one button folls off, how
mony buttons qre left?
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Teoching note: These octivities provida the bockground for subtroction. This is o difficult process for
mony children to understond ond you might needto daloy the exposu?e for your child until loter in theyear.

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1. Which condy cane is the tollest?
2. Which condy cone is the sho rtest?
3. which condy cone is the rniddle-sized one?
r+. Drow o condy cone b igger thon the biggest
condy cone.

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Toke 1 giont step.

Toke ? regulor steps.

Toke 3 tiny steps.

Toke 4 bunny hops.

Teoching Note: Soma people ploy thegome using the rule thot theplayer must soy "Moy
rove. Ploy this gome with o f zw children, vorying the directions os oppropriote.

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MnuEaurrcnu REnsonrNo* BearnNrrue

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Touch ond soy the nome of eoch item in
the pottern. Then soy the nome of the
obj ect behind the treffint curtoin
thot will continue the Pottern.

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CAN YOU FIND

ME?TM'.

hove three sides, my lines o?e stroight

but, to find fr?, you must woit.
Count my co?ne?s

,2, 3.
These three clues leod you to me.
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Of th e f our pictu ?es thot you see,
tell me now, con you find me?

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MnrHEunrrcaL REnsonrne* Beornnrno

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Nome eoch type of shope in the box.
How mony circles o?e there?
How mony sguores a?e there?
How mony stors ore there?

Are there

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?e stors or sg uo?es?

Are there more circles or stors?


ICAL KEASONING tsE6INNIN6

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Use the fingers on one hond to show
the number of ducks in eoch pictu re.

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MergemnrrcaL REnsonrno- Beernrurrua

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1.

Point to the longest line segment.

2.

Point to the shortest line segment.

3.

Drow o line

thot is longer thon all of these line

segments.

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Drow o line
segments.

thot is shorter thon oll of these line


Point

to the pictu re thot motches the description.

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The girl with the red hoir is second.

2. The boy
3. The
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with the hot is first.

girl with the black hoir is third.

The girl with the block hoir is first.

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