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Watermelon seed counting picture
Draw pretend watermelon seeds and practice counting them.
Let's play →
A little plan for play
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Paper and large child-appropriate crayons.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: Draw a large watermelon slice and leave space for drawn seeds.
Adult's role: Stay beside the child and count together at a comfortable pace.
Let's make it happen
- Choose a small number together, such as three. Draw that many pretend seeds on the slice.
- Point to each seed once while saying the numbers aloud.
- Draw another slice with a different number of seeds. Compare the two pictures.
Make it simpler: Draw and count one or two seeds.
Clean up: Put away the paper and crayons.
Use drawn marks only; no real seeds are needed.