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The shower curtain I used had circles all over it, row after row after row. So I cut it so that it would be 5 circles wide by 20. If you recall, I purchased this shower curtain from the dollar store for $1.50. Using a permanent marker, I wrote the numbers 1-100 on the shower curtain. Stay focused though! I got distracted and skipped over 33 and realized it two numbers later. Remember, permanent markers aren't very forgiving of silly little mistakes!
I then collected as many glass stones as I could find and set up the invitation to count as follows:
The boys worked together to count all the way up to 100, placing a glass stone on each number.
As you can see, counting to 100 is very serious work. Neither J nor K said a word while working away on the chart.
I love this picture below. There's something so peaceful and serene about K sucking his thumb in the background.
Once J finished counting to 100, the first thing he said to me was, "More numbers please!" Hahaha...so typical of J!
Bet you didn't know that shower curtains are also good for learning sight words or for making a homemade play parachute. And that's not all! Shower curtain rings make good play things too for learning letters and spelling words or building giant shapes and letters.
Wow they worked together so well, how sweet! That last picture IS a great one!
ReplyDeleteThey have been working together so well on so many different projects lately. It melts my heart seeing them interact like that! And I love when I capture K sucking his thumb on camera. It reminds me of my baby pictures when I would be sucking my thumb.
Deletethis is so original! Right now, when I describe large numbers to our our year old, I use the example of the tiles it takes on his hundred board. If something costs $50, then that is one dollar bill on top of every tile until half the bard is filled. I can see your kids doing practical math imagining the number of circles on the dollar store shower curtain! haha!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Maybe J was visualizing all those circles when he was swinging, and counting past 100, at the park the other night...I wonder!
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ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea, thank you! I will be featuring this on Share It Saturday. Kate
ReplyDeleteThanks for choosing this activity to be featured, Kate. I really appreciate it!
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