Easy Peasy Counting Busy Bag

 

This busy bag never gets old! Seeing that I get my little silicon ice cube trays in the dollar store, I can change them up often to keep it "new."

 

To make your own, head to the dollar store and pick up a silicon ice cube tray, a permanent marker, and some pony beads.

 

 

Use the marker to number the sections and your child is read to play! Have them add the appropriate number of beads to each section. As they get older, they can sort the beads by color and then count them out. Simple but fun!

 

Counting Rings

 

Here is a very simple busy bag for preschool aged children learning to count-- Counting Rings! These are a great way to help your child count from 1-10, help them visualize which numbers are greater and practice number sequencing.

To make a set for your child, you will need pony beads and large binder clips (I recommend 2-3 inch binder clips). Open one ring, add one pony bead, and close it up. Open up the second ring, add two pony beads, and close it up. Repeat with the remaining rings, adding an extra bead each time, until  you are finished.

Pick Up the Worms-- A Fun and Easy To Make Busy Bag!

 

This is a really simple busy bag to make and the kids love it! All you need is a clothespin, a small piece of green felt, and some pipe cleaners.  The green felt is your grass, the pipe cleaners are your worms, and the clothespin is your bird.  The kids use the bird to collect all of the worms. You can even use this to practice color recognition and simple counting by asking your child to pick up 2 blue worms and 1 red worm.

 

 

Five Little Cookies in the Bakery Shop

I made a felt story to use on our felt board to go along with upcoming baking activities that I have planned. I found two rhymes/songs that I can use with them, Five Little Cookies in the Bakery Shop and Five Little Cookies. I cut out 5 circles and decorated them with icing (glitter glue), which I color coded to go with the bottom song. 

 

 

Five Little Cookies in the Bakery Shop

Five little cookies in the bakery shop
Five little cookies with sugar on top
Along came a man with a penny in his hand
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one cookie and away he ran

Four little cookies in the bakery shop
Four little cookies with sugar on top
Along came a man with a penny in his hand
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one cookie and away he ran

Three little cookies in the bakery shop
Three little cookies with sugar on top
Along came a man with a penny in his hand
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one cookie and away he ran

Two little cookies in the bakery shop
Two little cookies with sugar on top
Along came a man with a penny in his hand
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one cookie and away he ran

One little cookie in the bakery shop
One little cookie with sugar on top
Along came a man with a penny in his hand
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one cookie and away he ran

But we’re not done yet:
No little cookies in the bakery shop.
No little cookies with sugar on top.
Along came a man with a penny in his hand.
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one look
And away he ran

I color coordinated the icing to go along with this one:

Five Little Cookies

Five little cookies with frosting galore,
Mommy ate the white one, then there were four.

Four little cookies, two and two you see,
Daddy ate the pink one, then there were three.

Three little cookies, but before I knew,
My sister ate the blue one, then there were two.

Two little cookies, oh, what fun!
My brother ate the green one, then there was one.

One little cookie, watch me run!
I ate the red one, then there were none!