M & M's are great for fun learning activities for small children!
• They can learn the letter "m" and practice writing it (and use the M & M's to form the letter "m"!)
• Sorting: Set out six small bowls. Place one different colored M & M in each bowl. Ask the children to tell you each color, then have them sort the rest of the M & M's into the appropriate bowl.
• Count how many from each color.
• For older children they can do ratios: for example, out of 36 M & M's there are 7 blue. What is the ratio of blue M & M's to all the other colors?
•Don't forget to have some fun eating these! Make up your favorite batch of chocolate chip cookie dough, minus the chocolate chips. Get the little hands to help! After the children roll the cookie dough into balls, let them decorate the dough balls with M & M's (say like 5 per cookie, so they can count too!). Bake, cool, and eat with a cup of milk!
• Making M & M art is fun, too:-)
I did some of these activities with the children I nanny. They were ages 4 and 2, and they loved it! Especially making the M & M cookies:-)
5 comments:
AWESOME captures! LOVE the flowers out of MnM's!! :D
I never thought of M&Ms as educational, but you have nailed it!
I have done every single one of these activities with my own children!
Hey Wahyee-
Your little niece and nephew would love doing that, if M&M's lasted that long around here.....
Bon
Now THAT is learning! yuuuummmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
*Wish I had a nanny around here as thoughtful as you!*
Glad you joined us this week!
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