This
idea is a submission for:
X A curriculum
idea __Cool things to do
__A special issue
Age
group for whom this activity is appropriate:
3-5
years
Brief
description of activity:
Playing
card games using "Millie’s deck" from
Millie’s Math House
What
I did to set this up and how I followed through:
I
got this idea from the Edmark/Riverdeep teachers’
guide. It is fully described on page 81 of the
Millie’s Math House learning guide.
Materials
used:
Millie’s
Math House, Edmark/Riverdeep teacher guide; laminating
machine
What
the children had to do and what I wanted them
to learn:
We
used the cards to play a matching game of memory.
We
also used the cards to play a game of Old Maid using
Millie as the Old Maid.
The
kids used the cards to teach each other card games
which they knew from home.
Images
of the Activity:
Background:
How I got the idea:
I
noticed that the kids love playing card games and
they also enjoy the characters from the computer
software. I thought that this deck would work well
for games because the cards have numbers from 0-20
and each number shows different pictures, so the
kids could match the cards and work on counting
and comparing.
Analysis:
How the kids and/or parents responded:
The kids enjoyed seeing the characters from the computer
on the cards. The cards became a part of our math station
and were popular during free play.
