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I Spy Feelings on Penguins Activity Pages

January 20, 2023 By Deirdre

I have created a number of I Spy Feelings sets including one that focuses on birds and shapes. This I Spy Feeling set focuses on penguins.

The set also includes penguin feeling cards in B/W and color. While many of your children may know all the feelings displayed, others may not. Some may need to have flashcards beside them while they work. They can look at the bigger version on the card and then look for the smaller pictures on the worksheet that display the feelings.

You can decide just what your children will need to have available to them as they work through the pages.

Getting the I Spy Feeling Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

I Spy Feelings on Penguins Pages Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after downloading it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Exploring the I Spy Feelings Activity Pages

First, you will want to go over the feelings displayed on the I Spy pages. You can do that by going through one of the sets of flashcards or going over the shapes displayed in the chart.

Then you will want to have your children figure out how many of each feeling there is displayed on the page.

Your children can write the number of faces found for each feeling with a number or a tally mark.

If you think your children will have trouble remembering that they have already counted a shape you can have them color the penguin as they count or put an x on them.

More Penguin Activities

Algorithm Game Boards with Penguins

Shape Bingo Cards Featuring Penguins

I Spy Snowman Number Activity Pages

January 2, 2023 By Deirdre

I Spy Snowman Numbers invites children to search for snowman-shaped numbers. While this is an I Spy activity, it is really more than that. It can be used to introduce children to data-gathering. Children gather, represent, and interpret the information (snowman numbers). Next children will figure out how many of each number is displayed. Finally, they will represent it with tally marks or numerals.

Before starting the activity introduce your children to the words data, gather, and represent mean. It will help them break out each of the steps they will be doing in this activity.

Exploring the Vocabulary Words

Data- It can be facts, observations, numbers, or measurements that can be collected and looked over.

Gather- Bringing together or collecting information or data.

Represent- A sign, symbol, or number that describes something.

Building Background

Anno’s Flea Market features items in groups or categories. Children will need to figure out just how they were sorted.

Seven Blind Mice explores how data gathering can go wrong. Six of the mice share only their perspective and think they know what an object is. The seventh mouse gives them the whole picture.

Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger shares how data is gathered by zoo workers as they take care of a young tiger.

Getting the Snowman I Spy Activity Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

I-Spy-Snowman-Numbers-Activity-Pages Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after downloading it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Exploring the Snowman I Spy Activity Pages

Going over the data-gathering terms before you start will queue children in on all they are doing when they work on this sheet.
Next, children will need to count how many of each number appears on the page. You may want to have them color or cross out a number as they are counting.
Then have the children go back to double-check their counting. It is easy to miss a number!
Once they are sure they have the correct data for each number have them record it.

This activity set is part of a series of snowman activities shared from January 2nd through January 6th.

More Snowman Activities

How to Make Fake Snow Recipes Featuring Cornstarch Displayed on Blockly Blocks.

How to Make Fake Snow with Corn Starch

Do You Want to Build a Snowman? Building Activity

I Spy Forest Animals Looking at Me Counting Pages

September 22, 2022 By Deirdre

The I Spy forest Animals Looking at Me set focuses on counting how many of each animal is on a page. You will find a set of pages that has number of animals displayed on it. Next, you will find a set of pages that have fewer animals on it. It will be up to you to decide which page to use.

One of each of those sets has a page that asks children to record their data with a number. There is also a set that has the data recorded with tally marks. Once again t will be up to you to decide which version and which way of recording you want your children to use.

Exploring the Activity Pages

Before starting any of the pages, children can go through the forest animal flashcards that come with the set. The animals displayed on each card can be shared and talked about. While some children will know a lot about the I Spy forest animals, other may not know anything. However, you can read them one of the books shared below to forest animals so they can build background about them before you start the activity.

Once you have discussed the I Spy forest animals, you can have your children explore the pages. One page invites children to record how many times they find each animal with tally marks. The other page asks children to write a number that represents the number of times.

Getting the I Spy Woodland Animals Looking at Me Set

First, you will need to download the set.

I Spy Woodland Forest Animals Looking at Me Set Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you will need to go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. If you are, you won’t have to hunt for it in your download file.

Building Background

Before you start exploring the I Spy activity pages, you may want to read a book about an I Spy book or two. Below you will find several fun books that have forest animal themes.

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