TEN GOLD FISH
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Take a plain white paper plate and cut off the top round, leaving the top of the plate with a flat edge, (to resemble a fish bowl). |
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Give the plate to your child and have her paint a blue wash over the plate. |
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Then set out some small paper fish shapes and some glue. |
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Have your child glue ten fish shapes on the plate, to resemble ten fish swimming in a fish bowl.
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TEN FINGERS
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Set out paper and a cup of tempera paint. |
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Have your children paint both of their hands and press them on their paper. |
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Have your children count the number of fingers on their picture. |
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TEN PETAL DAISIES
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Give your child a piece of blue paper. |
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Then give him a 2” round yellow paper circle and some glue. |
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Have him glue the circle in the center of his paper. |
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Next, give him ten white paper petals to glue around his circle. |
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Let him add a stem and leaves with a green marking pen.
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TEN LITTLE BUNNIES
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Set out a bunny stamp and an ink pad. |
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Give your child a piece of paper and encourage her to make a picture with ten bunnies in it. |
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Set out crayons or markers for your child to add additional features to her picture. |
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TEN NECKLACES
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Set out a bowl of round oat cereal (with holes) and a piece of yarn. |
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Help your child cover one end of the yarn with some tape to create a needle. |
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Have your child lace ten pieces of cereal on his necklace. |
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Help your child tape the two ends together. |
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Children enjoy wearing and eventually eating their necklaces.
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TEN CHAINS
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Cut out some 1” x 6” paper strips cut from colorful paper. |
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Set out some glue and have your child glue together ten links on a chain. |
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CARD TENS
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Give your child a deck of playing cards. |
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Have her find the cards with the number 10 on them. |
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ROLLING FOR TEN
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Set out two dice. |
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Have your child roll the dice and count the number of spots. |
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Can they roll a 10. |
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Encourage your child to find the two different combinations that make the number ten (five and five; four and six).
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TEN RINGS
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Set out some small plastic rings (over ten). |
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Have your child put one ring on each of his fingers. |
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Have your child count the number of rings on his fingers. |
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BOUNCING TEN TIMES
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Give your child a ball. |
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Show her how to bounce the ball. |
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See if she can bounce the ball ten times without stopping.
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BOWLING
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Empty and clean out ten large soda bottles. |
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Set them out in a bowling triangle. |
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Have your children take turns rolling a ball and counting how many they can knock down. |
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The child who knocks down all ten is the winner. |
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COUNTING DIMES
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Set out fifty dimes. |
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Have your child put them into piles of ten dime. |
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Tell your child that ten dimes is the same as one dollar. |
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Or in other words, one dollar is the same as ten dimes. |
Extension: Ask your child if he had a dollar and he wanted to buy some candy that cost 10 cents each, how many could he buy?
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STACKING TEN BLOCKS
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Set out twelve or more blocks. |
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Have a contest with your child (or between two children). |
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Each take a turn stacking blocks. |
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See who can stack ten blocks without the blocks falling. |
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RED FISH – BLUE FISH
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Cut ten red fish and ten blue fish from heavy paper. |
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Mix them up on a table. |
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Have your child sort the fish into two piles of ten fish. |
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TEN BOOKS
Here are a couple books you might want to ask for at the library when studying the number ten.
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Ten In A Bed by Mary Recs |
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Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews |
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Ten Little Rabbits by Virgina Grossman |
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TEN RHYMES
TEN LITTLE MONKEYS
Ten little monkeys jumping on the bed.
One fell off and bumped his head.
Mother called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more monkeys jumping on the bed.
(Continue with nine little monkeys and so on until all the monkeys have fallen off the bed. This is a fun rhyme to act out with ten children.)
ONE, TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE
One, two, buckle my shoe.
Three, four, shut the door.
Five, six, pick up sticks.
Seven, eight, lay them straight.
Nine, ten, a big fat hen.
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TOP TEN
Make top ten lists with your children. Number them as you go. Such as:
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Favorite foods |
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Fun places to go |
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Pets |
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Toys |
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TEN RED APPLES
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Cut a large apple tree shape out of green felt. |
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Cut ten small apple shapes out of red felt. |
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Place the felt tree on a feltboard and arrange the apples shapes out on it. |
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Red the following rhyme. |
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Ask one of your children to pick the apples as directed in the rhyme. |
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Leave out the tree and apple shapes and let your children play with them. |
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Encourage them to repeat your rhyme or to make up other wasy to pick and distribute the apples.
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Ten red apples up in the tree.
Two for you and two for me.
Two for sister, two for mother,
Two for my little brother.
Adapted Traditional
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PRESCHOOL EXPRESS STORIES
Look on the Story Station for these two stories
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Ten Little Pumpkins |
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101 Turtles |
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WRITING NUMERAL TEN
Here is a rhyme to help your children remember how to write the number 10.
STICK BALL
Make a stick
With your pen
Then add a ball
That makes ten.
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MAKING COLLECTIONS
Encourage your child to make collections of ten. Such as;
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A coin collection |
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A leaf collection |
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A toy car collection |
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A flag collection |
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A shell collection |
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GIANT BUBBLE BLOWERS
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Set out some plastic straws. |
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Have your child count out ten and hold then all together. |
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Secure the bundle of straws with rubber bands. |
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Set out a pan of bubble solution. |
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Have your child dip her giant bubble blower into the solution and then blow air through the other ends of the straws.
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CRAB LEGS
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Set out a real crab or a picture of a crab. |
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Have your child count the number of legs the crab has. |
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Discuss how the crab uses his different legs. |
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TEN SNACKS
Here are some snack suggestions for the number ten.
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Long stock of celery, with cheese spread and ten raisins on top of cheese. |
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Ten fish crackers (alone or in soup) |
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Frozen waffle with whipped cream and ten blueberries on top. |
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Baggie with ten pretzel sticks and ten chocolate chips inside. |
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Ten treasure coins (carrot rounds) |
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TEN LITTLE PENNIES
Ten little pennies sitting on the floor.
Not one less, not one more.
I put them in my pocket and took them to the store.
I bought ten pennies candies shaped like dinosaurs.
Jean Warren
(This is a fun rhyme to do with a flannelboard.) |
SING A SONG OF NUMBERS
Tune: “Sing A Song of Sixpence”
Sing a song of numbers,
Count them one by one.
Sing a song of numbers,
We’ve only just begun.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
Seven, eight, nine, ten.
When we finish counting them,
We’ll start them once again.
Judy Hall
© Warren Publishing House
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CLIMB ABOARD THE SPACESHIP
Tune: “Eensy Weensy Spider”
Climb aboard the spaceship,
We’re going to the moon.
Hurry and get ready,
We’re going to blast off soon.
Put on your helmets
And buckle up real tight.
Here comes the count down
Let’s count with all our might.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Blast Off!
Elizabeth McKinnon
© Warren Publishing House |
