https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:26:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-16905 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:26:58 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-16905 I love this!! I’m pretty close to the Arboretum, so I’ll have to get out there when I have a chance. Using found objects/loose parts from nature is very much my teaching style, so this activity is perfect! For younger children, we love making dragonflies out of twigs, glue, and maple keys (and later paint, of course!).

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-13688 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 21:41:27 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-13688 Love how they can use things from nature for art..

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-12940 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 23:02:15 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-12940 I love that the children used natural things to create the art, I think the children would love gathering those kinds of things to create a picture from what they see.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-12864 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:09:01 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-12864 I am loving the way it all looks!

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-11981 Mon, 09 May 2022 09:01:15 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-11981 Very interesting. I would love to visit.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-10953 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:43:11 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-10953 This activity sounds like a great way to get kids out into nature, while having fun collecting items to build an object and then compare the different sizes and widths. I been to Morton Arboretum a few times and the kids always loved running around discovering, playing and being outside. Great activity to add for a future trip.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-8313 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:01:43 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-8313 I have been living in Illinois for 6 years and never knew this existed. I love how at the end of their adventure children can make something to remember their trip by. Playing with nature is really an important part of play an learning.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-8123 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:33:48 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-8123 I enjoyed the Playing with sticks Blog. The trolls were really life like and I, especially, liked how the children were welcomed (giving the troll a big hug)
the creativity of the trolls in the forest.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-8109 Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:32:30 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-8109 Love these ideas!

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/playing-with-sticks/#comment-8105 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:14:17 +0000 https://mathathome.org/?p=12266#comment-8105 What an amazing and fun activity. So many math skills to be demonstrated in building and designing.

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