Materials
Cardstock in tan or brown (really any color can work)
Chocolate chips
Sharpie Marker
Scissors
Circular object for tracing
Directions
Trace and cut out 10 or more large circles from cardstock. Write numerals 1-10 or larger if your child is working on recognizing numerals past 10. Invite your child to identify the numerals and place the right number of chocolate chips on top of the cookie shape. For toddlers, use dot stickers to place on cookies. Invite your toddler to place one chocolate chip on each dot sticker. Practice counting with your toddler and point out the numeral. Younger children may want to begin with just 2-3 cookies. of course, it’s always fun to eat the chocolate chips when they are done with the lesson.
Lesson Adaptions and Extensions
- For toddlers and young preschoolers, draw with a marker or place colored dot stickers that are the same colors as M&M’s on each cookie cutout. Invite your child to place M&M’s on matching dots. Count the M&M’s.
- Encourage your preschooler to line up the cookies in numerical order and then add the chocolate chips.