Cues from Ekuwah Moses: Counting & Money in PreK

Mondays are tough for family engagement workshops. We have tried scheduling different topics to boost attendance. After looking at the past attendance reports we are concluding that one workshop is more successful than most - Math Games and Projects (K-5th grade). Today was no exception and the attendance exceeded expectations.

I presented more than a dozen ways that preschool through kindergarten age children could begin investigating money through counting and other readiness skills. I planned this topic because the most consistent guests have children in this age range, money is an important life skill, and counting to 100 is expected by the end of kindergarten. Participants took home the items created and manipulated throughout the interactive workshop to use with their children immediately.

Objectives of the workshop:

Know number names and the count sequence
Count to tell the number of objects
Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category

Here is a quick highlight reel of the session:

Rubbings

Enhance fine motor skills and attention to details

(The participant chose to add extra labels)

Sorting Mats

I gave each participant card stock and coin stickers to design a coin sorting mat for their child.
(Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category)