Notes for adults

Age 6 · 20 min · Medium

Find the farm animals and objects, count each group, and write how many there are. Counts go up to 12.

Learning objectives

• Find each kind of animal and object on the page.
• Count up to 12, saying one number for each picture.
• Write the total for each kind of picture.

What you need

• Printed activity sheet
• Pencil
• Eraser

Safety notes

Use the pencil while sitting at a firm surface, and put it away after the activity.

How to do it

1. Print the sheet and gather a pencil and eraser.
2. Look at the page together and name the animals and objects.
3. Choose one kind of picture and show how to point to each one while counting.
4. Invite the child to find and count each kind of picture.
5. Ask the child to write each total in the matching space.
6. Check the counts together and talk about what you found.

Teaching suggestions

• Say, “Point to one picture at a time so you don't count it twice.”
• If needed, cover part of the page with another sheet and search one section at a time.
• Suggest making a light mark on each picture after counting it, then erasing the marks.
• In a group, invite children to explain how they kept track of their count.

Variations

• Easier: Count one kind of picture at a time with an adult's help.
• More challenging: After counting, compare two totals and work out how many more there are of one kind.
• Extend: Draw a new farm with up to 12 animals of one kind and challenge someone to count them.

Talk about it

• How did you count without counting a picture twice?
• Which kind of picture appears most often? How did you find out?
• What helped you find the pictures?
• What other animals or objects could you imagine on this farm?

What to look for

• Notice whether the child finds pictures of the chosen kind.
• Watch whether the child points to each picture once while counting.
• Check whether the child writes the matching totals, with support when needed.