Count the chicks

On each of the 5 trays, the eggs of the mothers hatch. The child will make the chicks appear by using the representation of the number requested, indicated by the eggs. Mommy hen had as many chicks as she hatched eggs. While playing, the child will memorize the written representations of quantities: the fingers of the hand and the numbers written in numbers. The child will be able to develop different counting strategies: count the eggs then count the chicks, show each egg and place a chick, count with his fingers, and of course place the chicks in the same arrangement as the brooded eggs to visually check if it is the same. 

Objectives :

Construct the notion of quantity by understanding that any number is obtained by adding 1 to the previous number.

Know how to associate the representation of the fingers of the hand and the numbers with the quantities.

Skills developed :

Know how to make a collection from 1 to 5 by counting.

Use different representations

Contents of the box :

5 magnetic trays

s quantities.

16 magnetic chicks

10 quantity magnets: numbers from 1 to 5 and hands from 1 to 5 fingers

a storage box

a user guide