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Cereal Box Puzzles

Skills: Visual Discrimination, Recognizing Similarities and Differences, Letter Recognition Activity:

Gather a few cereal boxes and cut the front panel off of each. Out each front panel into a puzzle. Put the same number or letter on Ihe back of each piece in a puzzle to avoid mixing togelher piece s from differcnt. puzzles. Place each ; puzzle inlo its own plastic storage bag and allow the children to take tums assembling the puzzles. As the children work, have them describe the iellers and objects they see in the pictures.

Food Grouping

Skills: Recognizing Similarities and Differences,

Classification, Sclccting an Item That Does Not Belong with a Group, Food Recognition Activity:

Make eopies of the food cards on pages 39-49, color, cut apart, laminate, and share them with smali groups of sludents. Explain that you are going to lay out several food cards for them to look at, and they are to decide which food item does not belong with the others. Place three or four cards out where all foods pictured but one are similur in category, color, etc. Allow the children to work together to decide which food item does not belong. Play for a few minutos with the group, then invite a new group to play.

Continue until all of the children have had a chance to play.

Can-Label Matching

Skills: Matching, Classification Activity:

Ask parents to send in pairs of identical can wrappcrs. Gluc each wrapper to a piece oftagboard or an index card and allow the children to manipulate the cards. They may make pairs, sort by food classification, or sort by preferred foods. The children may also play Concentration or Go Fish with the cards.

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