Jelly Bean Activities
Before you eat all of those jelly beans- have some fun! Kids love using manipulatives they can eat once done. These activities are free and only a few materials needed for a few hours of educational entertainment.
Materials:
- Jelly beans
- Jelly Bean Activities Handout
- printer
- bowl or cupcake liner (for jellybeans)
- Coins- Penny, Nickel, Dime
- markers or crayons
Procedure:
The activities are geared for age 3+. Complete as many as you want below.
I. Graphing
1-Write each color of jelly bean in a box below.
2– Place your jelly beans in the row next to their color.
3– Move them one by one and color the jelly bean under them.
4– Count to see how many of each color you have and write the answer at the end of the row.
5-Complete questions below.
II. Numbers
Have your child read aloud the numbers, or an adult read them aloud. Then, place the word amount in each jelly bean.
III. Estimating
Guess how many jelly beans will fit into the 4 jelly bean outlines. Then, find out the answer by placing jelly beans inside the outlines. Make sure not to go outside of the outline.
IV. Can You Find?
1- Alphabet Find- Start at the beginning of the alphabet and find the 26 letters. Place a real jelly bean on each letter after you say it.
2- Number Find 1-20- Start counting and stop at 20. As you are counting, cover the number up with an actual jelly bean.
3- Count by 5’s & 10’s- Count by 5’s, starting at 5. Cover the numbers as you go with a real jelly bean. Or count by 10’s, starting at 10, stopping at 100.
V. Buying Jelly Beans
How much is each coin worth? One jelly bean cost one cent. In each box, show how many jelly beans you can buy.
VI. Addition
1- Write your addition problems below the line in each jelly bean outline.
2- Use the big jelly beans to help you add. Make the first number in your addition problem in the first big jelly bean. Then make the second number in your problem in the second big jelly bean. Then add them together by counting. Write answer inside jelly bean to complete the addition problem.
VII. Subtraction
1- Write subtraction problems inside the jelly beans.
2- Place the first number of your subtraction problem in the jar, then take away the second number of your problem. How many are left in the jar is your answer.
Hope you had fun with your jelly beans! Enjoy some as a treat now!
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