Pipe Cleaner Counting

Adding (tee hee!) a simple math project to our morning with the help of 'Laughing Kids Learn.'
http://laughingkidslearn.com/2015/07/counting-beads-on-pipe-cleaners.html/

The prep takes no time at all and keeps little hands and minds busy.
 

O stringing straw beads

Baby C posing with O's work!

We even incorporated a library lend with this activity.

I love Herve Tulle's creative read's, but this one looked terribly complicated at a glance.

Once we went through page-by-page, it made a lot more sense and was teeming with numbers!

 

Herve Tulle's 'Ten Times Ten'

Five Fingers

Six Fingers!?

Colour Blending

Abstract Genius