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<\/div>\nWe did 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo<\/a> First my youngest sat on my lap and we started reading through and counting the animals in the book.<\/p>\n Second we did our gross motor for each animal in the book. You can be creative for this or make it simple. You can also do the animal sounds while doing the movements. You can do the movements as many times as there are in the book. You do 5 bear walks, an alligator snap 6 times, or flap your wings 10 times. You can count up as you do the movements, then repeat and count down.<\/p>\n After we finished the gross motor we did some simple reading and counting. We used the numbers from the Number Button Sensory Bin<\/a>.<\/p>\n We counted the numbers buttons from 1 to 10. The buttons are great visual and hands-on ways to work on counting.<\/p>\n We read the book and she placed the number buttons on each animal while we counted. This is great for fine motor work and counting at the same time.<\/p>\n Here is a look at the last page all finished.<\/p>\n We also did the book counting backwards. It is good to count in both directions.<\/p>\n![](\"\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2F3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fgross-motor-counting-with-123-to-the-zoo%2F&media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F1-2013%2Fgrossmotorcounting.jpg&description=Gross%20Motor%20%26%20Counting%20with%201%2C2%2C3%20to%20the%20Zoo%20-%203Dinosaurs.com\" "\\"Pin")
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\nThis week we have been doing the Gross Motor challenge slightly differently. We have been using books. It changes up what you are doing and makes it fun.<\/p>\nWhat you need for this activity<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>\nHow We did the 1,2,3 to the Zoo Gross Motor and Counting<\/h2>\n
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