I thought it’d be great fun to have the kids graph candy conversation hearts for Valentine’s math time.
I used a graphing page from a pack at 2 Teaching Mommies.
I bought a big bag of candy conversation hearts and gave each of my kids a handful of hearts.
They sorted them by color and loved reading the messages.
The kids got out their Montessori rugs and loved this graphing activity!
Kate sorted the hearts into colored piles and then placed them on her graphing chart.
Tori and Alex picked the hearts one by one from their cup and immediately placed them on their charts.
I love how they work differently!
Sinéad decided to lie down in the middle of our work. Of course.
Alex was thrilled to get the most orange hearts!
The kids enjoyed eating the extras beyond #10. The girls went further with the math. Alex went off to play.
I wrote the numbers on the board for the girls to copy.
Then I made this little printable so the girls could figure the mean, mode, median and range.
We haven’t even gotten to division yet in our math lessons and the girls were fascinated and loved this lesson.
It is great to see kids really enjoy the Valentine’s day activity. Having such beautiful and yummy gums are really motivating to the kids. Thank you for stopping by and sharing in the Pintastic Pinteresting Party.
Ohhh I love this so much, the best way to do maths is DEFINITELY with sweets, hehe! Thank you for sharing with Frugal Family – don’t forget to link up another post next Thursday! xx
I love this idea – plus I agree that cats do help with maths!! Thank you for joining in with the #frugalfamilylinky
Just to let you know, you’ve been featured this week on The Frugal Family Linky! :D. This weeks linky is now open so feel free to come by and link up some more family friendly posts :) x
Thanks for the feature – and top of the list too! xo
M&M’s, cheerio’s, there are lots of ways to interest children in math. I even started hiding sight word cards to see who can find and read the most, though I’m not doing daycare at the moment. Cute pictures.
What a great idea! They were very restrained to do the math and not eat them all at once!!
Thank you so much for joining the “Happiness is Homemade Link Party”. This is such a great idea. I love trying to find new ways to keep kids interested in learning. I have Pinned to my Pinterest. Susan @craftingafamily.com
I love this idea, my son is autistic and lives a very mathematical life. He would love to do this so thank you for the fab idea. Amy x #fortheloveofBLOG
so cute ! will share (the only way to love math… candy and conversation)
I love this!! Happy Valentines Day!!
I used to love doing this activity with my students! What fun memories this brings back ♥ Thanks so much for sharing, Jennifer!
Happy Valentines Day!
How fun is that! Makes me wish my kiddos were still young.
This looks like a clever idea! Thanks for linking up at #fortheloveofBLOG. Claire x