Watercolor Number Chart
To make a number chart:
1. Obtain a piece of watercolor paper, a ruler and a white crayon.
2. Decide how many numbers you want on your chart. The chart shown here features "12".
3. Draw lines with the white crayon and ruler. Draw the numbers in the spaces.
4. Prepare a space for your child with watercolors, brushes, rags, and a jar of water.
5. Allow the child to select colors and paint all over the paper. When the number appear, watch the delight in your child's eyes!
6. Allow to dry and put between heavy books, if needed. The chart should be ready to use the following day.
Ideas for using the chart:
1. Learning the names of numbers. Use shells, gems, stones, pearls or bean bags (depending on how large the numbers are!) to play games.
2. Learning the names of numbers in foreign languages. Put a stone on a number and ask the child to tell it to you in the foreign language. Or, say it in the foreign language and the child will place the stone on the correct number.
3. Use pieces of paper to cover up numbers to show divisible groups, or pieces of yarn to put in-between groups of numbers. In this example, you could divide the paper into 3's, 4's, 6's.
Other ideas? Feel free to leave a comment! Thank you to Suzanne from the amazing blog, down in the meadow for the inspiration (she also has a lovely Etsy shop)!
