Count and Smash

Are you looking for an engaging counting activity?  Here it is.  Count and Smash.

 

 

 

 

--Your child will roll one die.  Have them count the dots on the top of the die. 

--Then, from a pile of pre-made playdogh shapes, have them count out the same number of play dough shapes as shown on the die. 

--Give them some kind of object for smashing.  (Luke is using an old cocktail muddler I got from my recently deceased Grandma Iris.  It works quite well for this kind of thing since I don't do much muddling.) 

--Then have your child count out loud as they smash their play dough shapes. 

 

 

And that's it!  This activity has really helped Luke get a better concept of counting. 

 

 

We'll graduate to two dice soon, when we start counting beyond 10.