Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 9 : November 12 : Number 17 & 18

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 9: November 12 : Numbers 17 & 18

Thursdays will add an additional educational learning to the end of each week.

Foam Number Books:

1. This week add the numbers 17 and 18 to your number books.
2. Remember to write 17 on the first page, 18 on the second page, seventeen on the third page, and eighteen on the fourth page and repeat with the rest of the pages.

Picture Books:

1. On the seventeeth page put the following on top in the middle of the page 17(make sure its big enough)
2. Then a little bit below the number 17 put the spelling of the number 17 (Seventeen).
3. Then directly below the word one put a picture of any Seventeen items like acorns, leaves, or pumpkins (make sure it is seventeen items).
4. What is really neat to use for all this is foam letters, letters and pictures.
5. On the Eighteenth  page do what you did with the seventeeth page except use the number 18, the word eighteen and a picture of 18 items like 18 crayons, 18 pens, or 18 markers.

Index Cards:

• Place the number 17 on a card, word seventeen on a card, a picture of seventeen items
• Also write the number 18 on card, word eighteen on a card, and a picture of eighteen items.
• Add these cards with the your other index word cards.
• Remember to add the numbers and words to your key chain card holder
• Remember to keep on teaching  your kid's math.  Here's an example: Write on a card 7 + 11 = 18 on the other side have a picture of fifteen items. And the number eighteen written out.  Try not to go above = 18. Keep it real simple.

Number Sewing:

• Don't forget you can have your child sew the numbers 17 and 18. 

Memory Game:

• You and your child can now play their memory game with the numbers 17 and 18.

Math:

• Remember to do more math with your child

Yarn Math Art:

• Supplies Needed: Construction Paper, Yarn, Glue and Scissors : Have your child make numbers from pieces of cut up yarn.

Number Sticker Art:

• Supplies Needed: Blank paper, Stickers, Markers

1. Have your child make numbers with stickers.

Number Game:

• Supplies Needed: 18 toys, 36 index cards

1. Write the numbers 1-18 on 18 index cards, turn them over.
2. Then place 18 toys in front of your child.
3. Have your child turn over an index card and tell you what number is on it.
4. Then your child must then find that number on the card.  

Shape Book:

• Supplies Needed: Foam Sheet, Cardstock, Yarn

1. Cut a piece of foam sheet in half. 
2. Fold pieces of cardstock in half.
3. Place a piece of foam sheet on top and bottom of cardstock
4. Punch 3 holes down the side through the foam and cardstock.
5. Thread the yarn through the holes and tie them off.
6. On each page draw a picture of a shape and write the shape underneath it.
7. Shapes like: squares, triangles, hearts, ovals, circles, rectangles, stars, octagon, diamonds

Magazine Shape Search:

• Supplies Needed: Magazines, Newspapers, Blank paper, Marker

1. Have your child search through magazines and newspapers and look for different shapes and cut them out.
2. On blank pieces of paper, write a shape on each one.
3. Next have them glue the shapes on the right paper.
4. For example: Write Circles on the top of a page.  Then whenever your child finds a circle, they glue it on the circle page.  
5. If you want you can punch holes in the papers and place them into a 3-ring folder.

• Have your child make different shapes from play-doh.

Number Tic-Tac-Toe:

• Supplies Needed: Blank piece of paper, cardboard, marker

1. Cut out 10 small squares out of cardboard.
2. On a blank piece of paper draw a nine space tic-tac-toe grid.
3. One player uses the even numbers 2,4,6,8,10, and the other player uses the odd numbers 1,3,5,7,9.
4. Both players, in turn, place a number in any space on the grid.
5. Each number can be used only once.
6. The first player to complete a row in any direction that totals 15(including, possibly, the opponent's numbers) is the winner.
7. At first it might be easier if each player writes his numbers on small scraps of paper to use as markers.  Later, when familiar with the game, a player can just write the numbers in the grid as he plays.
8. Try playing a game of adding up the numbers to 13, 16, or any other numbers up to 20.

Thirsty For Knowledge Thursday! Week 9 : November 12 : Number 17 & 18