{"id":15684,"date":"2014-10-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=15684"},"modified":"2022-09-24T05:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T10:13:21","slug":"pumpkin-counting-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/pumpkin-counting-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Counting In Kinetic Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are always looking for new ways to put sensory and counting together. This is a fun activity that provided fun sensory, fine motor and counting. We stamped numbers and counted pumpkins to match.<\/p>\n

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This activity could easy be switched up for non-seasonal items in the sand. It is fun and easy to set up as well.<\/p>\n

What you need for this activity: sand<\/a>\"\", number stamps<\/a>\"\" and plastic pumpkins (We got ours are Michaels).<\/p>\n

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First thing we did was use the number stamps<\/a>\"\" put push the number into the sand then we watched up that many pumpkins next to the number.<\/p>\n

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One nice part about using the sand is that use get to use pressure pushing in the pumpkins and the number stamps. It creates a sensory activity. This is a look at our 1 to 10 counting. It is nice to review for the numbers<\/p>\n

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After we have finished I have her pick up the pumpkins by the tiny stem to get some fine motor in. She also counts the pumpkins as she picks them up.<\/p>\n

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We compared the groups of 2 that we had on the sand try. This was a fun way of counting by 2s. She picked out 4, 6 and 8 that she liked the sets of 2. This is a fun way to introduce skip counting early.<\/p>\n

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Once you are all done with this activity don’t forget you can mess it up and start all over! I love the sand<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

If you are looking for more pumpkin activities check these ones out:<\/p>\n