Materials
Craft foam mittens (you can make these yourself or purchase pre-cut mittens)
Snowflake stickers or counters
Permanent marker
Directions
Using a permanent marker, write a numeral 1 or 2 on the bottom of several mittens. Provide stickers or counters (ex. buttons) and invite your toddler to place 1 sticker or counter on the mittens that have the numeral 1 written at the bottom and two stickers or counters on the mittens that have the numeral 2 written at the bottom. Continue to reinforce numeral 1 and numeral 2 with your toddler. Look for those numerals around the house.
Lesson Extension for Preshoolers
Using a permanent marker, write a numeral 1-10 on the bottom of each mitten. Invite your preschooler to place the correct number of stickers to match the numeral on each mitten. Once each mitten has the correct number of stickers, ask your child to arrange the mitterns in correct numerical order.
Similar games can be made by printing an upper case letter on one mitten and it’s corresponding lower case letter on another mitten. Invite your preschooler to match upper case and lower case letters.