One, two, three, four, five,… What comes next? We knew you would know – of course it’s six (6)! Since we are all getting so fabulous at counting, we thought we could create our own counting games!
Here are a few ideas for a game of counting the spots on ladybirds!
- Can you paint or draw ladybirds and their spots on stones? How many spots will your ladybird have? What colours are you going to use?
- You can print this picture off or you could draw your own ladybird! And when it comes to spots you could draw them, use little stickers, paint them or even cut little spots out!
- Here is some more counting! Why don’t you put a few spots on one side of the ladybird and a few on the other wing? Now count them altogether – how many spots does your ladybird have? Can you stick or draw the spots so they are symmetrical (that means they are in the same place on both sides – just like on the picture below!).
- And here is a little blank ladybird – you can print it out or you can draw it copying this one! Is it going to be a big or small ladybird? How many spots on the left wing will it have? How many on the right one? And how many altogether?
If you click on the link below, it will take you straight to a counting-spots-on-a-ladybird game that you can play on your computer, laptop or iPad:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots
And whilst you are out and about on your daily walk, why don’t you keep a note of the number of ladybirds you see! Can you get close and count their spots, too?
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Since we’ve got our thinking caps on and our brain exercising – here is another game for you!
Why don’t you make your own jigsaw puzzles? You could use boxes, packaging, pictures, newspapers, magazines – so many materials to make your own jigsaw with! Simply cut the material you have chosen into as many pieces as you’d like, mix them all up and then try to put them back together again!
What a great way to work on our cutting skills, problem solving and critical thinking! And not only that – you are also doing something good for our planet! Instead of throwing the packaging in the bin, we are using them to create our own games (just remember to give them a good clean before cutting them!).
