IDEAS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD ACTIVITIES BOOK
Multi colored pot scrubbers into clear tennis ball container
Large thread spools, cone shaped, to use to stack shower curtain rings on
Multi colored ping pong balls in clear container for visual
Plastic fluorescent light tube with ping pong balls inside, visual cause effect
Large 2.5 gallon container that you put different cloth/textures all over the outside, then make pieces of different textures that will go into the container
Bells, shiny Easter grass into clear container for visual
4 containers (parmesan cheese size) with colored paper on outside then cloths of each color to sort and push into container slide slip on clothes pins onto edge of cardboard box or drop into gallon milk jug fabric bolts and golf tees to hammer into plastic canvas duct taped onto cardboard for writing board sequins in clear syrup in jar with lid glued on medicine dropper and colored water to drop into ice cube trays with different colors put shaving cream inside plastic quilt bag to do bag writing glove matching – large mouth gallon container with different color/patterns small gloves to match into pairs use detergent lids to hold markers in cut placemat into shapes for puzzle hot glue various colors of milk caps (green, yellow, blue, red) into box lid and match colored bears to the lids

match clothespins with colored tips to color spots on paint sticks put small corks into clear plastic 8oz drink cups with a number on outside- put that many into each cup- using tongs place tape on cardboard to make a “road” and attach a car with a string attached to the board and drive the car on the road pizza box with 16 canning lids inside with stickers/pictures stuck on them to match use wallpaper wetting tray with fish shapes cut out of plastic, and catch them with plastic tongs fabric bolt with self adhesive plastic hooks, use margarine tub lids with numbers on them, match discs with that number of dots to hand onto the hook make felt shapes several sizes of each shape for them to match the shapes in spite of the size sort pom poms using tongs, into 4 hole drink holder from burger joint catch frogs from bowl of water using small fish net catch plastic snakes from container of sand using tongs
10 crystal light containers with a big number on side and Popsicle sticks that they have to count out and put that number in each container place colored circle stickers in various patterns on cardboard and then they have to match the bear to that color to make the picture key match – have various shapes/sizes of keys that you lay on copier to make a black/white picture of, then they match the key to the picture sticker a number onto tongue depressors, then make a box with slits in it that are labeled with one of those numbers to match to the slit use a fabric bolt and attach 5 self adhesive hooks to it, then using 15 shower curtain hooks that have tiles with pictures on them, and they have to put one (bear) on the #1 hook, 2 dogs on the # 2 hook etc . wormy apples – make large posterboard apples and punch a certain number of holes in them and they have to string a worm into each hole as they count how many worms

match floating ducks with numbers on them to number tiles outside of the water pumpkin patch match- cut out 10 large pumpkins and attach them around a large box using self adhesive plastic hooks, then have 18 small pumpkins from orange poster board and on each small pumpkin have the number WORD on one side and the correct number of dots on the other, then they hang the matching word or using the dots to the big pumpkin with the numeral sorting big and little red cars cut from poster board magnet tube- use fluorescent light plastic tube and fill with colored paper clips for them to use a magnet to catch them and drag them
Help rabbits find carrots – draw large rabbit with a number on it, then draw carrots with a certain number of dots, then match the carrot to the number rabbit
Place 90 half inch pompoms into a ice cube tray with 90 holes, using a small strawberry huller
(small tongs)
Use Styrofoam plates or meat trays and write dots to spell something onto them and they use golf tees to place into the dots to spell something place buttons from the center of circle into 1 of 8 lids that have a numeral written on them, placing the correct number of buttons there use various color soap dishes and have lots of little different things that they have to put into the soap dish based on what color it is marbles on bath mat – cut out sections of an upside down bath mat with suction circles that will fit a marble, and they have to put the marbles onto the suction circles writing with straws, tooghpicks craft sticks – have them make letters with the straight pieces them glue them onto cards fabric bolt with self adhesive hooks with numbers next to them, use garbage bag ties with holes in them and hang that many onto each hook clown number match- draw circles on the body of a clown with numerals on the circles, then make circles of same size with numbers of dots to match the numbers pizza box with a sliced-pizza inside, with dots on the slices and number word slices to match the number of dots

sew a number – plastic canvas circles with numbers written on them in permanent marker, and strings to lace the number with small specialty coffee tins with a number taped to the outside, lots of little items and they have to put that many into each can use detergent lids and clippy clothespins and they have to clip that many on each lid – attach the lids to a fabric bolt and put the big number on the bolt in front of the detergent lid soap dish with small marble sized holes and they scoop up marbles with a spoon and place into the holes matching pictures in a pizza box that has white tape dividing it into 9 parts – attach large metal washers in each square, and then use magnetic sleeves to put each picture in. Need 2 of each picture to match them clip a number- have poster board pieces with numbers written on them and paper clips that they have to clip that number of clips on the board sponge fishing- cut out fish shapes from sponge cloth and write numbers on both sides. Have a board with fish drawn on it with their numbers. Use bottom of 2liter bottle with water in it, and the fish float until they catch them then lay the number on the fish board. Use tongs to fish with little clothes pin match – take tiny colored clothes pins and make those colors of marks along the edges of a square for them to match the color with