How Big is My Hand?
Age: 3-5 PSC/GD
Secondary Age: 1-3 IT
Curriculum Area: Social/Emotional, Mathematics, Cognition
Developmental Goal/Activity Objective: To learn about shapes and size as well as our own bodies in space. To compare sizes of different items.
Materials Needed:
1. Paper
2. Pencil
3. Scissors
4. Different implements (small toys, blocks, items from nature, etc.)
Procedures/Strategies:
a. Have children trace their own hand and cut out the tracing.
b. Put out a number of small implements on a table.
c. Have children see how many of the small items will fit in their hand.
Guidance and Safety Considerations: n/a
