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Camping Math Ideas

 

 

Marshmallow Counting

Set out marshmallows for the children to count.
Afterwards, let them eat their marshmallows.

 

Counting Children

Ask the children how many campers are here today?
 Let them each go around the room counting each child.

 

Graphing Ideas

What's your favorite forest animal?
Have you ever been in a boat?
Have you ever gone camping?
Which do you like better, hamburgers or hotdogs?
Have you ever gone fishing?

             

Stone Jar

For older children. Fill a small jar with large stones. Ask each child to guess
 how many stones are in the jar. For younger children, limit the number of
 stones to less than ten. Record each child's guess. Count the stones

   

 

Gone Fishing

Cut out fish shapes (I used silver coated poster board & a die  cutter) and place a paper clip
 on each one.  Give the child a stick with a string tied onto it with a magnet for a hook.
 Use blue masking tape to create a pond/lake on the floor if desired. Simple math facts
 or letter recognition can be put on the back of the fish, so when the child catches
 a fish they complete the activity and throw their fish back in the pond.

 

Camping Scavenger Hunt

Before the children go outdoors, instruct them to find things on your playground
that you would see while camping.  Sort them and count them when
they bring them into the classroom (five twigs, three rocks, etc.)

 

Picnic Ants

Glue magazine and newspaper pictures of food to twenty paper plates, then label the
 plates with a large number in the center, from 1 to 20. Put the plates in a picnic basket,
 along with a box or baggie full of plastic ants.  Children choose a plate at random,
read the number, and put the ants on the plate so they can eat the food! 
This is a great Language Experience activity for younger children ... you could even
 let them cut and paste the pictures to their own plates, glue on the the ants, and
 then dictate a story to you.  Mount the stories and paper plates on red-and-white
 checked paper place mats (or weave your own) and hang them on the wall.

 

    

 

Sort Firewood

Sort "firewood" by sizes (can either gather sticks or
 cut out different sizes of sticks from construction paper)

 

Sleeping Arrangements Vote and Graph

Would you rather sleep in a tent or a camper? Graph the results.

 

 

  

 

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