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The Long and Short of It
Make “feet” out of two different colors of construction paper by tracing around
a pair of children’s shoes and cutting them out. (This would be a good project
for a parent helper.)
Make a long path (with feet of one color) and a short path (with feet of the
other) to the same place in your classroom by taping the feet to the floor.
For example, the long path might start at the door, go around the classroom,
and end at the water fountain. The short one could go straight from the door
to the fountain.
Have the children walk on both paths and discuss which one is long and which
one is short.
Ice Cream Favorites
Before doing this activity, make a list of the children’s favorite ice cream flavors.
Make paper cones with scoops of ice cream to represent the different flavors.
Make a poster size chart with a column for each flavor and put a cone of each
flavor at the bottom of each column.
Gather the children together and give them each a paper ice cream cone representing
their favorite flavor.
Call each child up to the chart to place a cone in the column of their favorite
flavor. Have the children place the cones above one another in each column.
Look at each column and talk about which one has “more” than the others,
which has “less,” and any that have “the same.”
Developmental Tip
Use the height of the columns to decide “more,” “less,” and
“the same.” Three year olds are not ready to compare numbers
by counting.
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