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July 26, 2010 | 10 Comments

Paint and Peel Math Craft

When you find something your child genuinely loves use it! My son adores painting with this roller sponge, he calls it his steam roller and pretends to be making a road on any painting we make with it.  When I suggested we make a magic number painting with it he all but leaped into the kitchen, which delighted me since he has not been as keen about art since the weather has been amazing, really who can blame the kid?

  1. Gather your materials. You will need a sheet of light colored paper, some vinyl number stickers, paint, plates and a sponge or roller sponge paint brush. Using a sponge is much easier when you want coverage. This activity doesn’t work well if the whole paper isn’t covered in paint.
  2. Start by placing the number sticker on the paper. Depending on your child’s ability you can simple pop them on , or challenge them to make numbers with them. For example say ” Can you make 23? Or 51? ” don’t push it though having fun with learning is the point not quizzing your kids.
  3. Pour paint onto the plates.
  4. Start painting.
  5. I called out the numbers at first for my son to cover with paint asking him if he could find 7 or 4  etc… but then he started to pretend that he was building a road and I sat back and listened to his pretend play.
  6. Let dry.
  7. Peel off.  As adults we know that the number will peel off and white will be beneath it but at least for my 3 year old it was a fun and awesome surprise – and he even thought it was magic that they were white!

Anno’s Counting Book Big Book by Mitsumasa Anno almost didn’t make it into my library bag. I am so glad it did. This is a wonderful book full of possibilities. There is no text , simple aerial illustrations of a field as it evolves one number at a time. The illustrations fill up quickly and it might take a while to see that you have to classify the pictures on each page to match it with the number on the page but once you do , each page is a lesson!
One White Wishing Stone by Doris K. Gayzagian is a beautiful book. Visually it reminds me of an impressionist painting, the soft beach colors used by illustrator Kristina Swarner are calming and pretty. This is more than just a counting book, there is a story of a little girl at the beach,what she finds and how she plans to use them when she takes them home. It’s so beautifully done that it almost makes me forget how much I hate finding sand in my car after a trip to the beach.

museum 123

Museum 123 by The Metropolitan Museum Of Art is another simple but beautiful counting book.  What I love about this book is that the number is not on the same page as the objects/images the child is being asked to count. Instead a simple question of how many is followed by a painting with the objects, and the next page has a large number. My son loved counting then flipping the page exclaiming “I knew it , I said that number I was right!” My only complaint is that it only went to 10!

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Counting, Math Activities, Number Recognition, Numbers, Preschool Crafts | 10 Comments

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  1. Cathy @ NurtureStore says

    July 26, 2010 at 6:27 am

    I really love this one Allie – L will too. Great idea.

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  2. Becky says

    July 26, 2010 at 11:39 am

    This is off-topic, but I thought you might like it anyway. I’ve seen you do several crafts with shrinky dinks. Here’s an idea for HOMEMADE shrinky dinks!
    http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/01/07/how-to-make-shrinky-dinks-with-recycled-6-plastic/
    .-= Becky´s last blog ..Hes Here! Hes Here! =-.

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  3. Kathryn says

    July 26, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Looks fun! Any suggestion on where to find the vinyl stickers?
    .-= Kathryn´s last blog ..Frugal Toy =-.

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    • admin says

      July 26, 2010 at 8:45 pm

      I got ours at walmart , and have seen them at Target too !

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  4. Debb says

    July 27, 2010 at 6:43 am

    Love this idea! I will be doing this activity this morning as it is going to storm shortly!!

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