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Make an animal sound, then ask children to place a peg on the |
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corresponding animal on the mat. Reverse roles. Ask children |
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to make animal sounds, then you place the peg on the animal. |
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COLOR PATTERNS |
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Interlock two or more mats together and place them with the |
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solid color side face up. Make a pattern by placing different |
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color pegs in a row. For example, place red, blue, red, blue, red. |
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Ask children, “Can you guess what color peg should come |
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next?” If they guess correctly, they add that color peg to the |
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row. Help children continue the pattern. You may make the |
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pattern more | complex by using 3 or 4 color pegs or by | Create a colorful farm scene with these versatile play mats. | ||||||
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Interlocking mats feature adorable farm illustrations that | ||||||||
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ALSO FROM LEARNING RESOURCES®: | Set of 4 mats: |
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| Ask children to place five different color pegs (one per row) |
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| THE GARDEN GAME |
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| at the top of each row of fruits or vegetables. Place the |
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| rest of the pegs, five colors only, in an opaque |
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| Before you begin the structured activities that follow, allow |
| container (a box or a paper bag). Children can take |
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| children time for free play. Help children interlock the mats |
| turns picking a peg and placing it in the row with the |
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| together to form a large play mat. The mats can be arranged in |
| corresponding color. Play continues until one row in |
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| a variety of ways |
| the garden is complete. |
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| square, zigzag). Let children discover for |
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| themselves different ways to play with the |
| SORTING PENS |
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| The blue play mat is perfect for sorting. |
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| THE RED BARN |
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| Place a different color peg in each of the |
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| pens. Ask children to fill up each pen with |
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| Help children identify the shapes on the |
| matching color pegs. Help children make up |
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| red barn play mat. Point out the large rectangle |
| stories as they fill in the pens. For example, |
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| around the outside of the barn, the square barn door, |
| “Pretend all of the purple pegs are pigs. It is time for the purple |
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| and the triangle at the bottom of the door. Encourage children |
| pigs to go into their pen to eat. Can you put the purple pigs in |
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| to use pegs to outline these shapes. Ask children if they can |
| their pen?” Then ask, “What animals should we pretend the red |
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| PLACEMENT PLAY |
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| FARM ANIMAL COUNT UP |
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| Use the red barn play mat to show position words. For |
| Encourage children to use the yellow |
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| animal play mat to count from 1 to 5. |
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| * put a peg above the horse |
| Ask children, “How many ducks do you |
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| * put a peg at the top of the barn |
| see?”, etc. Reinforce counting skills by |
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| * put a peg outside of the barn |
| inviting children to place pegs on each |
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| Then, place a peg on the mat and ask children to describe the |
| animal as they count out loud. Ask children, |
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| peg’s position. |
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| “Are there more pigs than cows?” and “Are |
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| HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW? |
| there less sheep than pigs?” Make vertical towers with each |
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| row of pegs. Point out that the tower of “pigs” is much higher |
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| Use the green garden play mat to encourage color |
| than the tower of “roosters.” |
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| sorting. Ask children, “What color are the carrots in |
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| the garden?” Then have children fill in the row of |
| IMAGINATIVEPLAY |
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| carrots with the same color pegs. Repeat this activity |
| Encourage children to use the farm scenes for imaginative |
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| with the other fruits and vegetables on the mat. |
| play. Let children grow their “peg” vegetables as tall as they can |
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