Materials
M&M’s in Christmas colors (red and green)
Small bowl
3 heart shaped cookie cutters
Die
Directions
Sorting Activity:
Place red and green M&M’s in one heart-shaped cookie cutter. Invite your toddler to sort the M&M’s by placing the red ones in another heart cookie cutter and the green ones in the third cookie cutter.
Counting Activity:
Place M&M’s in a small bowl. Invite your preschooler to roll the die. Count the number of dots on the die and place that many M&M’s into one of the heart cookie cutters. Roll two more times, adding M&M’s to the other two cookie cutters. Which one has more? Which one has less?
For an added challenge, roll two dice. Ask your child to add together the number of dots on the dice and place the same number of M&M’s into a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
Additional math activities:
- Encourage your child to copy a pattern made with red and green M&M’s by you.
- Encourage your child to xtend the pattern
- Invite your child to make her own repeating pattern using the M&M’s