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Pretend Play PLUS Number Recognition

August 16, 2014 By Julie 6 Comments

  Our home is getting exponentially more imaginative with each passing day. Loopy is just loving all forms of pretend play! It’s great because it costs nothing yet affords us hours of fun that we all get to join in on.

Check out our latest scenario that doubles as a math game!Elevator PretendI don’t know about you, but my kids LOVE elevators and clamor to push as many buttons as I’ll let them.

Loopy started calling his practically empty walk-in-closet “the elevator” and the rest just popped into my head.

Couldn’t really be any easier or cheaper.

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Yup. Just write some numbers down on a sheet of paper. I’m sure you could make it prettier than mine. Use some painters tape and whala (how do you spell that?) you’re very own elevator!

Loopy decided to don an elevator man hat…

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We pretended that each floor was an exciting destination like the library or the kitchen. We had tons of books and play food in the closet in no time.

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Loopy has his letters down, but numbers are lagging a bit. This was the perfect way to sneak some extra learning into his day. We worked on recognizing numbers. We even got to explore the concepts of less and more, higher or lower and just the slightest hint of addition.

Other than the lack of air conditioning, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Even Lumpy got in on the action!

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Boasting in Weakness: I’ve got to admit, I’m a terrible speller. There might be a story going around about the time I put a sign up in the back of my car that said “Learning Manuel” instead of “Learning Manual”. Eekk. 
This project was no exception. Here’s my first attempt.
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* face palm*
Why am I showing you my imperfections? Glad you asked!

Julie is a frazzled mom of three tornadoes. As a dorky second-generation homeschooler, she writes about learning and play, natural living, special needs parenting and matters of the heart. She serves an astounding God that radically saved her.

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Comments

  1. Pamela L (Rookie Parenting) says

    August 29, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Wow, that’s a really good idea. My daughter have always wanted to press those buttons (in real elevator!). This way, she can press to her heart’s content and learn numbers (hopefully) at the same time. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      August 29, 2014 at 1:46 pm

      Thanks! I hope she has a blast!

      Reply
  2. alison says

    March 23, 2015 at 8:39 am

    This emails has been very inspiring. Looking forward to hearing much more. The email address is all lower case. Thank you for the opportunity of learning and will definitely share.

    Reply

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