Have some fun with photos! You can do this in a classroom, or use with family members at home!
Take a great photo of each child's (or family member's) face and attach it to a magnet. I find that the business card adhesive magnets are a great size for this, as well as for many other jobs :)
You can laminate the photos for longer life, or copy them onto sturdy paper stock.
Then, have your kiddos generate some questions that they would like to take a poll on ...
Do you like apples? Yes or No questions work great for simple surveys
OR
Decide on some categories for graphing. What color apples do you like? Red/Green/Pink/Yellow
They will LOVE coming up with categories and questions ... the possibilities are endless!
What's your favorite ice cream? Sport? Book? Use your imaginations!
I like to use "Getting to Know You" questions for the beginning of the school year:
How many people are in your family?
Do you have any pets?
How many kids in your family? Brothers? Sisters?
This gets our new friends talking and sharing, and we get to learn more about them. We use the photo magnets to build graphs, starting at the bottom or left side of a magnet easel or board, and building up or over. As each child answers the question, they come up and place their magnet in the appropriate place on the graph. We can count, and label each "tower" (or line) with numbers when complete.
These magnets can teach sorting, ordering, counting ... you can even work patterns in - boy/girl, ages, etc.! As each child takes their turn, there is discussion and interest, and children making connections with each other, bringing cohesiveness to the group. The magnets are reusable and great for so many other activities, too - dividing into groups, taking turns, etc.
Have fun with them!
Take a great photo of each child's (or family member's) face and attach it to a magnet. I find that the business card adhesive magnets are a great size for this, as well as for many other jobs :)You can laminate the photos for longer life, or copy them onto sturdy paper stock.
Then, have your kiddos generate some questions that they would like to take a poll on ...
Do you like apples? Yes or No questions work great for simple surveys
OR
Decide on some categories for graphing. What color apples do you like? Red/Green/Pink/Yellow
They will LOVE coming up with categories and questions ... the possibilities are endless!
What's your favorite ice cream? Sport? Book? Use your imaginations!I like to use "Getting to Know You" questions for the beginning of the school year:
How many people are in your family?
Do you have any pets?
How many kids in your family? Brothers? Sisters?
This gets our new friends talking and sharing, and we get to learn more about them. We use the photo magnets to build graphs, starting at the bottom or left side of a magnet easel or board, and building up or over. As each child answers the question, they come up and place their magnet in the appropriate place on the graph. We can count, and label each "tower" (or line) with numbers when complete.
These magnets can teach sorting, ordering, counting ... you can even work patterns in - boy/girl, ages, etc.! As each child takes their turn, there is discussion and interest, and children making connections with each other, bringing cohesiveness to the group. The magnets are reusable and great for so many other activities, too - dividing into groups, taking turns, etc.
Have fun with them!
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