For our art project today we each got a handful of animal crackers. (I doubt you have ever done anything as hard as trying to stop a two year old from eating these gems). Lemme tell ya, animal crackers are the Holy Grail for teaching without the kids realizing they are learning! We named the animals, counted how many of each kind there were, we did a few comparisons ("there are three elephants and six cats, which group has more?"), then we decided where each animal would live. We colored a desert, jungle, and a farm for our animals. Alex added red ants, grass and a river to the jungle. Alex P. added trees, a sun, and grass to the farm. Josh made an oasis in the desert. We separated the crackers into their new homes, counted each group and did a few more easy math problems. Then we played! The kids had a blast and never suspected they were learning some new skills. Bonus- snack time was taken care of which cleared up more time for important things like Ring around the Rosy.
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