Activity #1: Exploring Colors: Cut and Paste Fun
Materials needed:
Color chart labeled Exploring Colors: Cut and Paste Fun, half sheet of
colorful animals/objects in squares, scissors, glue stick (optional)
Directions for parents:
1. Find the color chart labeled Exploring Colors: Cut and Paste Fun.
Point out to your child that the color words on the chart are
printed in the color each word names. Point to each word and see
if your child can recognize and name its color.
2. Find the half sheet of colorful animals and objects. Point to each
box and see if your child can name the object or animal and also
identify its color (ex: “Those are socks. They are blue.”)
3. Explain to your child that they are going to cut apart the boxes on
the half sheet. Show your child how to hold the scissors - always
with the thumb up and in the smallest hole, the other fingers
in the larger hole, and using an open-shut motion between the
thumb and fingers. Visit www.smfpl.org/kindergarten for
a demonstration video of how to do this. Some children will try
to cut the paper while it is lying flat on the work surface, which
makes it more difficult. Help them practice holding the paper
up in their non-dominant hand while cutting with the scissors in
their dominant hand, tracking the movement of the scissors and
paper with their eyes.
4. Once the boxes are cut apart, have your child sort the pictures
onto the chart by color. For example, the apple and the fire truck
will go into the space below the word “RED.”
5. Your child can glue the boxes onto the chart. Remind your child
to apply the glue to the intended spot on the chart, rather than
trying to apply glue to the back of the picture.
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Why we do this:
• Being able to use scissors is an important skill. Teachers have
noticed that some kindergarteners begin school with little or
no experience in cutting with scissors.
• Children entering kindergarten are expected to be able to
recognize and name basic colors.
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Activity #2: Tracing Numbers 1 – 10 Worksheet
Materials needed:
Pencil, Tracing Numbers 1 - 10 worksheet
Directions for parents:
1. With your child, look at the number tracing worksheet. You will want
your child to complete each row, left to right, one at a time. Ask
your child to count how many soccer balls are in the first box of the
column on the left side. Then explain that they will practice writing
the number that stands for that amount. In this case the number is
one. Have your child trace the “1” in each box in that first row.
2. Continue in this way with each row, first asking your child to count the
soccer balls, then to trace the matching digits in each row. Encourage
your child to start at the top of each digit and trace downward.
Several digits will require that your child lift the pencil from the paper
and complete the shape in two steps – reassure them that this is the
correct way to do it.
3. A pencil is the ideal tool for this practice. Be sure your child is holding
the pencil correctly as they write. This is the time to begin working on
helping your child use the correct hand position for holding a writing
tool. Visit www.smfpl.org/kindergarten for a helpful video.
4. Tracing the numbers may be challenging for some children. You
may want to duplicate this worksheet and have your child practice
this multiple times until it becomes easier. This worksheet can be
reprinted by going to www.smfpl.org/kindergarten. Go to March
2021 activities and click on Tracing Numbers 1 - 10 Worksheet.
Why we do this:
Students entering kindergarten are
expected to have the following math
skills:
1. Ability to put written numbers
from 1 to 5 in the correct
order, small to large. Ability
to recognize and name the
numerals from one to ten.
2. Ability to count verbally from
one to ten in the correct order.
3. Understands cardinality;
recognizes that the last item
counted represents the number
of items in the set.
Activity #3: Draw to Add Worksheet
Materials needed:
Pencil and/or crayons, Draw to Add worksheet, Tracing Numbers 1-10
worksheet as a reminder for how to write each digit (optional)
Directions for parents:
1. With your child, look at the Draw to Add worksheet. Read aloud the
directions that are above the chart on the page, then read aloud the
directions in the first box of the left-hand column. Ask your child
what they think needs to be done in the first box and clear up any
misunderstanding. Your child can draw the balloons with a pencil or
crayon, and color them too.
2. Once your child has finished drawing, have them count the balloons
in the box (there should be 4). Read aloud the words in the box to the
right of the balloons, pausing at the empty space so your child can
name the number that goes in the box (“Now there are . . . how many
balloons?”) See if your child can write the correct digit in the box. Use
the Tracing Numbers 1-10 worksheet, if needed, to remind your child
how to shape the digit.
3. Continue in the same way with the other rows on the worksheet.
Visit www.smfpl.org/kindergarten
every month for additional stories, songs, and video tips.
Why we do this:
Students entering kindergarten are
expected to understand cardinality:
recognizing that the last item counted
represents the number of items in the
set.
Exploring Colors: Cut and Paste Fun
RED
ORANGE
YELLOW
GREEN
BLUE
PURPLE
Tracing Numbers 1 - 10
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Date
Follow the directions to add more objects.
Then count them up to answer the questions.
Draw 3 more balloons.
Now there are
balloons.
Now there are
socks.
Now there are
flowers.
Now there are
cookies.
Draw 2 more socks
Draw 1 more flower.
Draw 4 more cookies.
Now there are
lollipops.
Draw 5 more lollipops.
Draw
to Add
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