September 9, 2010

Math Water Bag


This activity combines math and listening skills. I drew a line down the middle of a ziplock bag and filled the bag with water and 5 beads. I would say "Can you put 1 bead on this side and 4 beads on the other side?"

This activity introduces and enforces the different combinations of 5. It would also be a great activity to practice with "left" and "right" and/or to put in 10 beads and work with combinations of 10.

21 comments:

  1. maryanne @ mama smilesThursday, September 09, 2010

    What a neat, simple math activity!

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  2. Shopper GalThursday, September 09, 2010

    That's a great idea!! Love it, I'm going to do this today with my lil' guy :)

    Shopper Gal
    http://www.shoppergal.com/

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  3. Love and LollipopsThursday, September 09, 2010

    WOW, you keep coming up with great ideas!!

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  4. JillThursday, September 09, 2010

    How do you think of these things?! Very cool stuff!

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  5. Christy KilloranThursday, September 09, 2010

    Fantastic. I have never thought of doing this. I love it.

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  6. LynnThursday, September 09, 2010

    I love this idea, and I think my son would too! Thanks! (I notice you don't have the top of the ziploc taped, although your bag isn't as full as ours was in our recent homemade magnifying class experiment... ours met with a very wet end! http://infantbibliophile.blogspot.com/2010/09/science-sunday.html). :)

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  7. EliseFriday, September 10, 2010

    Water makes everything fun! What a great idea.

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  8. Hailey's Butterfly GardenFriday, September 10, 2010

    this is such a fantastic idea! i am going to try this one with my little one

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  9. Amy A @ Child Central StationSaturday, September 11, 2010

    What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

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  10. AnonymousSaturday, September 11, 2010

    Simple and effective! Love it. :)

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  11. CrystalSaturday, September 11, 2010

    This simple,yet totally effective idea is what keeps me coming back to your blog time and time again. Good job!

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  12. Mary PratherSunday, September 12, 2010

    This is a great idea.... my five year old is obsessed with numbers and we could do different bags with different numbers of beads. The possibilities are endless! Thank you!

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  13. JenaeSunday, September 12, 2010

    Very cool and so very simple. Those are the best!!!

    I wish I would have had this idea when I was teaching first grade!

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  14. UnknownSunday, September 12, 2010

    This is perfect. We are working on 5 and I was looking for more activities. This is a great one! I will post mine later tonight. Have a look if you need another idea!

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  15. UnknownTuesday, September 14, 2010

    Here is the link to mine...I had a busy weekend so I just posted it. http://homesweetschools.blogspot.com/2010/09/you-can-count-on-cohen.html

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  16. LisaWednesday, September 15, 2010

    What a good idea. We'll try this today.

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  17. Caroline MukisaWednesday, September 15, 2010

    Great activity! My preschooler is going to love this one. He loves anything squidgy and messy or potentially messy! Thanks for sharing!

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  18. womens purseSaturday, September 18, 2010

    Very nice. Easy to learn and also a lot of fun for kids. The kids would love this!

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  19. EvaSunday, September 19, 2010

    oo great activity, going to try this out :)

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  20. Parent and Child Reading AssistanceTuesday, September 21, 2010

    I've used paper plates and objects for this type of activity. I love this one! My 7 year old twins wil love to practice math facts with this. Thanks for the great idea!

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  21. kimThursday, February 10, 2011

    Super idea! Thanks for sharing- also I love the look of your site:)

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