SORTING KERNELS
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Look for bags of colored popcorn kernels at the grocery
store. |
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Pour some kernels into a bowl and give your child some
tweezers. |
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Have him sort the corn by color, placing each color
of corn into a separate pile on the table. |
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Besides teaching color recognition, this game helps
young children develop small finger muscles, important
when learning to hold a pencil. |
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ESTIMATING
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Learning to estimate is a
fun game for young children |
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Pour some corn kernels (5
– 20) into a glass jar or glass. |
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Have your child guess how
many there are. |
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Then, pour out the kernels
and count them with your child.
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GAME MARKERS
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Corn kernels can be used as place markers in a number
of games such as Bingo. |
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Make up a simple Bingo game to enjoy
with your child. |
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MEASURING WITH CORN
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Children enjoy using measuring cups to measure corn
kernels or cornmeal. |
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Place corn kernels or cornmeal in a small dish pan. |
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Give your child measuring cups and let her practice
measuring and pouring. |
FEED THE PIG
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Create a tossing game for your child
using corn kernels. |
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Take a large cardboard box and draw
a large pig head on one side with a large mouth. |
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Cut out the mouth with a serrated
knife. |
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Set the box at a convenient height
for your child and let him practice tossing the corn kernels
into the mouth of the pig. |
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