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Learning · The activity desk
Count and color sports balls
Color basketballs and a soccer ball, then count and compare them.
Let's play →
A little plan for play
Open interactive activity →Add to play journal →What you need
The sports balls page or paper and a crayon
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: Print the page, or draw three big circles and add curved lines to two and a five-sided shape to one.
Adult's role: Help spot the ball patterns, count together and invite the child to choose colors.
Let's make it happen
- Find the two basketballs with curved lines and count them.
- Find the soccer ball with a five-sided shape and count it.
- Color all three balls and draw a place where someone could play.
Make it simpler: Point to one ball and color it together.
Clean up: Put the crayons away and keep or recycle the page.
Use child-appropriate crayons and follow the child's interest in counting or drawing.