Counting and Sorting

I found these little fall manipulatives in the dollar section of Target. They are considered table décor, but they make great math manipulatives.

This was a fun activity. My munchkins loved separating by object and color. Then they got creative, set up a pumpkin patch and used some animal sorters to play in the pumpkin patch.

Another activity they had fun with was a Thanksgiving Sensory Box. I had no idea that beans and cooking utensils could be so fun. I rummaged through my drawers and found some spoons, tongs, measuring cups, and bowls. I used a Rubbermaid container and just dumped in an assortment of colored dry beans, fall leaves, acorns, scarecrows, an ear of corn, and more of the table décor objects from the previous activity. The kids made pumpkin stew, counted, measured, played Thanksgiving, and all around had a great time discovering.