Can you believe that in ten minutes our class was able to name 115 different animals? We even surprised ourselves! First we sat in a big circle. By going around the circle, each student had many turns to name an animal. For each animal named the students were given a Unifix Cube to hold. When the time was up, we combined all the cubes, and then counted them together. Yes, we really counted all the way to 115! Next, we practiced writing that great big number.
Here is a fun follow up activity. Challenge your child to name as many different animals as he or she can in one minute. Can they name at least ten? Next, let your child time other family members for the same activity. By using tally marks or tokens, your family's grand total can be counted. Please let me know what your total was!
