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LET'S KEEP TRACK
Road trips are filled with lots of interesting things to spot. Use this
activity to help your child keep track!
Note: To access these materials in PDF format, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Materials:
Directions:
- On your next trip, invite your child to choose something fun to look for and keep track of
how many you see. (For example, stop signs, fire hydrants, baby strollers, or people on
bikes. Or, on longer trips, your child might pick trucks, bridges, or farm animals.)
- Help your child think of a simple way to make a mark on a piece of paper (such as an X,
a circle, or a slash or line) every time the item is spotted. Each mark will be equal to one
item seen.
- Provide a notepad and pencil, and let the look-out begin! As your child searches, each
time the item is spotted, remind your child to make a mark on the notepad.
- How many of the items were spotted? At the end of the trip, help your child count up the
marks.
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Parent Pointers:
- This activity helps your child with counting, one-to-one correspondence, and
representation.
- As you child becomes more experienced, increase the attributes of the item to
two (such as red cars, or yellow street signs). This gives your child practice
with coordinating attributes, another important sorting skill.
- You might also suggest your child look out for two objects, such as taxis and
dogs. Help make two columns for recording. Later, you can compare the
number of marks for each object.
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