Materials
Construction Paper in the colors of candy Conversation Hearts
Candy Conversation Hearts
Small tongs (optional)
Glue
Directions
Cut out one color construction paper heart for each color of candy heart. Glue all hearts onto a larger piece of construction paper. Place about 20 conversation hearts in a small bowl. Invite your child to take one heart out of the bowl at a time and place it on the correct color paper heart. Once all the hearts have been sorted, ask your child to count how many hearts there are on each paper heart. What color heart has the most? What color heart has the least?
Lesson Extensions:
Young Toddlers:
- Simplify activity by only having two different color hearts in the bowl and two hearts cut out of construction paper
Preschool:
- After sorting the hearts, encourage your child to make addition and subtraction problems with the hearts (i.e. 4 green hearts and 2 pink hearts = 6 hearts)
- Create patterns with the colored hearts
- Line the hearts up 2 by 2 and practice counting by 2’s
- Make groups of 10 with candy hearts and practice counting by 10’s. Can you count to 100 by 10’s?