Preschool activities are of course not relegated to the classroom. They can be for homeschooled preschool children as well as the classroom situation.

It’s actually heartwarming to me when someone makes a comment about one of the activities or thoughts I have posted about. It also gives me food for thought for more posts.

As Sherry Bolan commented about how she found the calendar time activities useful it made me start thinking about other common activities that are done with children that can incorporate learning.

One simple one would be setting the table for lunch or snack. (Or at home that would be for dinner also)

There are many basic mathematical skills that children need to learn that they do not gain from worksheets. One example of a common kindergarten math activity would be one to one correspondence.

An excellent way to teach this and reinforce this is by letting the children set the table. They learn that for each place setting goes, 1 chair, 1 plate, 1 cup, 1 napkin etc.

There is nothing that teachers math concepts better to children  under the ages of 7-8 by giving them concrete examples and concrete materials. Children do not begin to think abstractly according to Piaget until around the age 7-8.

As a result the more you have children dealing with math concepts in real life the better they will stick.

And what better activities than using the ones they are most familiar with.