Read the book aloud to the children. Read the book a second time. This time pause on each page allowing children to point out groups of dots pictured in 1s,2s, and/or 3s. Have the children count aloud and point to the dots as they discover the groups of 1, 2, or 3. Follow up with having the children recall and name the things in the book that appeared in groups of 1, 2 and/or 3. Another activity may be to give each child a sheet of construction paper and 10 precut black dots to imaginatively incorporate any number of his/her dots into an original picture. Afterwards as each student dictates, write his/her description of his/her artwork. Display ach picture with its description. Children may enjoy creating an original dot to dot by inking the eraser end of a pencil with black ink. On a sheet of construction direct the child to randomly place 10 ink dots. Then ask the child to connect the dots in a way to create a picture. Have the child dictate what the dots created and write the sentence on the paper. Allow the children time to share their pictures and descriptions. Display for others to see.
Walk the children through the book with a picture walk, talking about what the children see on each page. Provide background as needed about the caterpillar. As you read the book aloud, ask children to hold up the number of fingers that match the numbers of foods the caterpillar ate on that page. An extension of the book would be to have the children create their own "Very Hungry ________" book. They may choose to be the main character and illustrate on each page of their book the foods they would eat beginning with 1 food on the first page and continuing to 5 of some food on their last page.
Read the book aloud. As you read emphasize the repetition. Encourage children to join in as they pick up the pattern. Reread the story. This time pause on each page and have the children count how many nappers are in bed. As an extension have the children draw their own bed with their own combination of nappers. Children will enjoy sharing their drawings. have them count their nappers in their drawing.
Read the story aloud. Allow the children to make a prediction about the ending. Reread the story. This time through pause at each page and have the children count the mice. As an extension have the children act out the story. 7 children would be mice, 1 child the elephant and 1 child could be the narrator. The narrator could announce the days of the week.
Read Little Miss Muffet aloud to the children enough times so that they are comfortable with the rhyme. Create individual counting books for the children by folding 4 sheets of paper in half. Staple these pages to create an eight page booklet. The children should decorate the cover, add a title and put their names on the cover. The children should open the booklet and number the pages sequentially. Instruct the children to begin with page 1 and make a set of spiders to match the numeral. Suggest children make spiders by pressing their thumb onto a black ink pad and then onto the booklet page. They may then use a fine tip marker or a black crayon to add the spider's legs. Continue with the remaining pages of the booklet.
Read the book aloud to the children. After sharing the book divide the students into 10 groups. Tell the children that they will make a book that continues counting fish where the author left off. Assign a different number from 11-20 to each group. Give each group a sheet of blue construction paper. Ask each group to think of a describing word for its group of fish. Write each group's number and adjective on the blue construction paper. Then have children use art supplies to create the corresponding number and type of fish. after each group has finished sequence the pages and bind together between 2 covers. Each group may want to share its page with the rest of the class.
Create a jar with 10 small squares and 10 fireflies to be used as a flannel board activity. Attach the loop side of a piece of Velcro to each small square on the jar. Attach the hook side of a piece of Velcro to the center back of the jar and to the backs of each firefly. Place the jar with the fireflies randomly scattered about it on the flannel board. Read the story aloud moving each firefly to the jar in correspondence to the text. Reread the story asking children to come and manipulate the fireflies. A variation would be to create a class big book. On one sheet write the title "How Many Flashing Fireflies?" On each of the other pages write a number from 1-10. Make 55 fireflies. On each page have a student glue the number of fireflies that corresponds with the numeral on the page. Place the title page first and sequence the students' pages. Encourage children to read the book silently and to classmates.
Read aloud the book to the children. Discuss how each consecutive train car had 1 more animal in it than the train car ahead. Tape off 10 large rectangles on your classroom floor. As you reread the book have the appropriate number of children come up and pretend to be animals and fill each train car. Another variation would be to prepare 10 shoeboxes to appear as the train cars. Using zoo animals cutouts or plastic animals have various student volunteers place the appropriate number of animals in each train car.
Read this story aloud. Invite the children to help make a class big book. Ask each child to draw a picture of what he/she thinks the big, hungry bear looks like. Have the children cut out and glue their bears to a large sheet of construction paper. Sequence the student's drawings by size. On the bottom of each page (except the page with the biggest bear) glue a sentence strip that reads "The big, hungry bear ate _______ strawberry." On the last page add the sentence "The big, hungry bear was FULL!" On each of the previous text strips fill in the number that would correspond with that pages number position in the class big book. Invite the children to draw the correct number of strawberries for each of the programmed pages. Bind the pages between 2 construction paper covers and write a title on the front. Encourage the children to read the book silently or to a peer.
Prepare in advance this activity. You will need 10 large blank cards. Glue a rooster on 1 card, 2 cats on another, 3 frogs on a 3rd card and so on as the book illustrates. Then on each of the 5 remaining blank cards write a numeral from 1-5. To use this center the child may match the numerals to the set and/or sequence the cards in numerical order.
Read the story aloud to the children. Tell the students that they will be going on a valentine hunt. Give each child a strip of construction paper with a numeral from 1-10 written on the strip. Tell children that they are to find the number of valentine stickers indicated on their paper strip. Once they have found the number of stickers they should tell the numeral on the strip and touch and count the stickers as they put the stickers on the strip of construction paper. This strip of paper can now become a bracelet for the child to wear.
Read aloud the book. Discuss the pigs' circus stunts and skills. Ask children to name some stunts or skills they may be able to perform if they were one of the performing pigs. List these skills on a chart. With prepared pigs' heads wearing party hats programmed with the numerals from 1 to 10 place the pigs in pyramid fashion on the floor. (You may want to laminate these pigs' heads for durability.) To play have a child toss a bean bag onto the pig pyramid. Have the student read aloud the numeral the beanbag landed on. Then have the child perform an action (one of those listed on the chart) that many times.
Read this book aloud to familiarize children with the numbers and the concepts. Reread the book asking children to create actions to match the animals shown on each page. Have the children count aloud while performing the action.
Read aloud the book. Note the positioning of the bats to create a pyramid shape. Have the children help to make 55 bats from paper plates. On a large sheet of bulletin board paper label consecutive rows with the numerals 1-10. Have the children put the corresponding number of bats in each row creating a bat pyramid. Children may then touch and count rows of bats.
Read aloud the book. After reading the book create a class big book. Take each child's picture. Program a page of the big book for each child. On the bottom of the page write "____________ has ___________ apples up on top." Have enough apples precut for the children to use. In a basket have slips of paper with the numbers from 1-10 (you will need to have duplicates of some numbers). The child will pick a number from the basket. He/she will tell you the number he/she picked. He/she will then count out that many apples to glue to the top of his/her picture. Then the child will complete the sentence on his/her page by writing his/her name and the number indicating how many apples he/she glued to his/her picture. This book will be a class favorite as the children will be able to read it quite easily to themselves or with a friend.
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