Counting Roses – Hands On Learning

We have been doing a lot of counting. A book we have been reading lately is the There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose!. I have a daughter named Rose. So this is always fun when reading. My youngest has been working on her counting. We have been doing some of the Valentines Pack. The pack is themed after the book. A fun extension of the book was the count some roses!

What you need: Numbers 1 to 10 (we used foam heart shapes), fake roses, and a vase.

First thing we did was look at the number on the hearts and say the number.

Then she would count the roses as she put them in the vase.

She did all the numbers from 1 to 10.

Every time that she finished she would count the roses in the vase and then say done! We celebrated every time she got it right. We also talked about the times she might have had one extra. I would say “you needed 5. We counted 6. How many extra did you have?” She would answer 1. I would say “What is 6 minus 1?”. Fun and simple ways to teach some math as well.

I put the numbers on the floor and had her put them in order.

We then put a rose on each number and counted them. When we started she tried to bunch them up to match each number. I asked if we had enough flowers and she said no, but she wanted to try anyways. We talked about 1 + 2 +3 + 4 = 10.

This a fun simple and easy hands on counting activity.

For other good Valentines activities check these out:

• Simple Heart Matching Puzzle
• Q-tip Heart Tracing – Snowy Valentine
• Stained Glass Hearts

Check out these other Valentines Activities and Printables:

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com