(Age Group)
A. General Information
1) Name of Activity: Zoo Walk With Numbers
Source of Idea-Author, text, page number (required) Math and Science Class
2) Curriculum Area or Development Area, Math
3) Brief Description of Activity The students will students each stand on a number. As the music plays, they walk around on the numbers, when I stop the music, I pick a number card and who ever is standing on that card wins that round.
4) Who? Number of children you will be working with at a time-size of group. 10-12
B. Activity Planning
1) Why? List purposes of activity.
In this activity, children will develop number recognition, following simple rules, and listening skills.
What materials are needed?
1. That math can be fun.
2. Start to recognize numbers one through twelve.
3. To learn or recognize some zoo animals.
5) As a guiding adult, I will transition into activity with the following open ended question:
I wonder what we could do with this?
6) During the activity, I will use parallel talk or descriptive statements such as...
1) You are standing on number two.
2) You are standing on eight monkeys.
3) You walked in a circle.
7) During the activity, 1 will ask the following open-ended questions,
1. I wonder what number this is?
2. I wonder what this animal eats?
3. I wonder what animal this is?