Summer Learning Fun

Today we worked with a fun manipulative from Valentine's day. We used a box of candy hearts, the ones with the little messages to follow instructions on four different types of game boards. The boards were simple but fun. One requires the student to graph each heart by color. I then asked him to count each heart in each color group for an added challenge. The second board requires the child to follow the different types of patterns. The third instructs the student to group the hearts by color in a heart labelled by color. The fourth board was simple addition having the child place a certain color in one box and then place a certain color in the second box and then add them together to get the sum. This is a great way to engage a child who is not responding well to route learning. This was fun for both of us and a nice change of pace from a typical worksheet.