Curriculum Area: Cognitive (Math/Science)

Age: 3-5
Day of the Week: Tuesday
Daily Schedule Time: 8:00 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.
Planned by: Jacinta Jefferson
Title of Activity: How Many in my House?
Rationale for Selection: (Based on childrens culture, family, community experiences, home language,
specific assessed needs and interests) the activity will be able to show them how many people are in their
families by counting the members in their families.
Goal and Objectives:
The child will be able to engage with teachers and peers with shared experiences about family.
The child will learn how to count from 1 to 10
The child will learn the quantity or total amount of all their family members that are in their
house.
DRDP Measure(s): Measure 1 Identity of Self, Measure 32 Number sense of quantity and counting,
Measure 38 Gross motor movement, and Measure 29 Memory and knowledge.
Anti-Bias Area: CUL and FC
Anti-Bias Skills: To value uniqueness in ones own family and others families.
Materials Needed: Colorful construction paper, glue, scissors, markers, and cut up card board boxes
Teacher Preparation: Precut small shapes of people and several large houses with the construction papers.
Precut the card board boxes into square canvases, so that they can glue their work on it
Children Preparation: None
Dramatic play props used/made: None
Book used: None
Safety: To not put the glue in their mouths.
Community resources: None
Procedure: (step by step)
How will you introduce this activity? Write a specific statementI will introduce this activity during circle time. The children will gather in a circle and sit on a number in
the circle. I will then tell them that I have an exciting activity for them and thats when I discuss about the
activity and what we are going to be doing. I would talk about the materials and what we are going to be

doing with them. I would be telling them that we are going to make a family portrait. With a house and
how many members they have in their family.
List open-ended questions that the teacher could ask:
I would ask questions that relate to family. How many family members do you have in your house? How
many sisters? How many brothers? What does family mean to you?
Plan for Clean-Up and Transition:
I would let them know that they have 5 minutes left and then we are going to sing our clean up song and
while we are singing we are cleaning up at the same time. We will then have all the children wash their
hands and get ready for our next activity. In the mean time I will have them come to the carpet and I will
read them a story.
List all references used in preparation of this plan:
www.preschool-plani-it.com/all-about-me-preschool-activities.html#Math