I believe in preparing my child as fully as I can for Kindergarten. Next year Liam will be at school full time (compared with his 2.5 hours at preschool right now). I don't want his time there to feel daunting. So as much as I can I work fun learning into our everyday life. I picked up this sticker book at the Dollar Tree the other day in the section with all the academic posters, paper, and other supplies.
I knew there was a way I could do something fun with it. Today I decided I would cut each of the larger sheets into individual pieces so I could put together some addition problems.
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| {This is how each page comes: 2 large stickers including many denominations of money} |
So I cut them all into small pieces, leaving the words that are below each picture for help with what each coin or dollar value is. If he couldn't tell that it was a nickel or dime he could get a clue from the word or the number indicating that it was 5 or 10 cents. I then took the backing off and starting with the lowest denominations, started making problems. 1+1=, 5+1+1=, 5+5+5+=, 10+10+10+10=, and so on. up to five dollar bills. I will make another page with higher amounts, but this is what fit on page of printer paper.
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| {final Money math paper} |
Liam is 4.5 and he could do this with a bit of help. It would be great for pre-K readiness and also Kindergarteners that need a little extra practice. This took me about 5-10 minutes to make, so it won't take any big time consumption on your part, and it's practically free, which can't be said for some of the educational tools out there. Happy Counting!
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