Balancing Jelly Beans on Golf Tees

Excellent practice in fine motor control and one to one correspondence

Materials
Golf tees in a small bowl
Jellybeans in a small bowl
Piece of styrofoam

Directions
Invite your child to poke golf tees into the styrofoam and then carefully place one jellybean on the top of each golf tee. Count the golf tees and the jellybeans.

Lesson Extension for Preschoolers: 
Sort the jellybeans by colors
Make patterns using the jellybeans
Practice addition and subtraction (3 red and 2 blue make 5 jellybeans)

This activity provides excellent fine motor practice and one to one correspondence practice, placing one jellybean on one golf tee.

Variation: Use marbles instead of jellybeans

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