Official Kids Mag

February 2021

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To advertise, please call www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting February 2021 23 Z is for Zero Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Z. Say the letter as you trace it. How many ? Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers. How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound the letter Z makes in the word zero? How many ? Zero, two, four, six, eight Being even is just great! One, three, five, seven, nine Being odd is just fine! z is for zero zucchinis zeroes How many cookies? Now how many? How many balloons? Now how many? How many birds? Now how many? How many ? zigzags With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that begin with the same sound as the letter Z in zero. Point to the number 2 in the newspaper. Have your child say the number and, if it's large enough, have your child trace the number. Make a large circle on one sheet of today's newspaper. With your child, find as many letter Zs as you can in that circle. Circle all uppercase letter Zs in blue; circle all lowercase letter zs in red. Together with your child, look at pages, pictures and ads in the newspaper. Can you find stripes in the newspaper? Zebras have stripes. What other animals have stripes? Circle anything you can find that has stripes. Crumple up a page of the newspaper and wrap tape around it to make a ball. Toss the ball back and forth counting down from 10 to 0. If someone drops the ball, start counting down from 10 again. Newspaper Toss Stripes Letter Z Round-up Math Play Letter Identification Counting Down Look at pictures in the newspaper and ask your child to find things that come in twos, or pairs. Examples might be two eyes, two feet, two hands, etc. Two By Two Explain that zero means "nothing." Looking at a page in the newspaper, count down from 4. Find 4 letter Zs on the page. Find 3 circles on the page. Find 2 Os on the page. Find 1 square on the page. Are there zero triangles on the page? En una página del periódico de hoy, traza un gran círculo. Junto con tu hijo(a), encuentren todas las letras Z que puedan hallar dentro del círculo. Marquen con círculos azules todas las letras Z mayúsculas y círculos rojos todas las letras z minúsculas. Junto con tu hijo/a, busca en el periódico imágenes de cosas que empiecen con la letra Z de "Zero". Primero explica que cero significa "nada". Luego observando una página del periódico, cuenta regresivamente desde 4. Encuentra 4 letras Z en la página. Encuentra tres círculos en la página. Encuentra 2 ceros en la página. Encuentra 1 cuadrado. Pídele a tu hijo(a) que encuentre cero triángulos en la página. Por último, ¡ríanse juntos de esta idea disparatada! Estruja una página del periódico, crea un bollo y cúbrelo con cinta adhesiva, de manera que formes una pelota. Lancen la pelota de uno al otro contando de 10 a 0. Si alguien no atrapa la pelota, comienza la cuenta regresiva nuevamente. Junto con tu hijo(a), observen páginas, imágenes y anuncios del periódico. ¿Pueden hallar franjas en el periódico? Las cebras tienen franjas o rayas. ¿Qué otros animales tienen rayas? Marca con un círculo cualquier cosa que tenga franjas. Observen fotos del periódico y pídelele a tu niño(a) que encuentre cosas que vienen en pares o de a dos. Algunos ejemplos: dos ojos, dos pies, dos manos, etc. Apunta al número 2 en tu periódico. Pídele a tu hijo/a que diga el número y que, si el mismo es lo suficientemente grande, lo trace en el papel. www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting February 2021 Official Kids Mag

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