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Based on the animated series Sali Mali
The animated series is based on the Sali Mali book
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© Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion Gyf.
Here are some practical activity ideas which complement the activities available
on the Sali Mali 123 CD-ROM.
Sali Mali’s Cake
Aim:
Practicing drawing numbers while decorating Jac y Jwc’s birthday cake.
Apparatus:
laminated number cards
dough
sand
large paint brushes
Activity 1:
The teacher to make number cards and laminate them.
The children can then practice drawing a number by following the arrows on
the number with a finger or by creating the number with dough.
Activity 2:
Birthday cakes can be made from wet sand and numbers can be drawn on the
different cakes.
Activity 3:
Guessing the number by placing a laminated number in a bag and feeling the
shape of the number.
Outdoor Activity: Creating mud cakes and drawing numbers on each of the cakes.
or
Practice drawing numbers correctly by using large paint brushes and water.
1.
Sausages Game
Aim:
Reinforcing the understanding of numbers 1-5, 5-10, adding and subtracting.
Apparatus:
coloured plastic plates
laminated pictures of sausages or sausages made from dough
numbered Cards 1-5, 5-10
Activity 1:
Placing sausages on a plate and counting them.
The teacher to ask: How many sausages are here?
The pupil to try and place the corresponding number of sausages on the
plate.
Activity 2:
The teacher to select a number card and place the corresponding number
of sausages on the plate.
Do the same again by using two plates.
How many sausages are on the red plate?
How many sausages are on the blue plate?
How many sausages are there altogether?
Extended
Activity:
Introducing the concept of subtracting by singing the following number
rhyme to the tune of ‘Ten Green Bottles’:
5 greasy sausages on a plate for Jac y Jwc,
5 greasy sausages on a plate for Jac y Jwc,
And if one greasy sausage
Should fall straight to the floor,
Only 4 greasy sausages
Are left for Jac y Jwc.
Four greasy sausages on a plate …
Three greasy sausages on a plate …
Two greasy sausages on a plate …
One greasy sausage on a plate …
And if one greasy sausage
Should fall straight to the floor,
There would be no greasy sausages
Left for Jac y Jwc.
2.
Party Bags
Aim:
Following instructions and counting to 5.
Apparatus:
party goods e.g. balloons, hats, sweets and party bag gifts
bag
tray
Activity 1:
Children to follow instructions.
Place 3 balloons in the bag.
Place 5 sweets in the bag.
Place 2 gifts in the bag.
Activity 2:
Placing objects in a bag and asking the pupils to guess how many
items are in the bag through touch.
The activity can be extended by asking questions e.g.
Are there more than 3?
Are there more than 5?
Are there less than 7?
Activity 3:
Placing several objects on a tray and asking the children to close their eyes
while the adult adds or removes something from the tray. After the children
open their eyes ask if there are more or less items now?
Activity 4:
Making a party bag for all the characters attending Jac y Jwc’s party and
sharing the objects evenly between the bags. Ask questions such as:
Are there enough hats for everyone?
Are there too many balloons?
How many are left?
3.
Shopping for a gift
Aim:
Becoming familiar with the numbers 1-10.
Apparatus:
box or tin shaped as a hexagon (similar to a biscuit or sweet tin) and
wrapped with paper or colourful fabric
clothes pegs
washing line
teddies
plastic cups numbered between 1-5/5-10
pictures of numbered gifts
party gifts
plastic buckets
small balls/bean bags
Activity 1:
Placing numbers from 1-6 or dots from 1-6 around the box and asking the
children to place the corresponding number of pegs in the box
e.g. 3 pegs above the number 3 card.
or
Pointing at a card and placing the corresponding number of teddies in the
box.
Activity 2:
Using plastic cups numbered from 1-5/5-10.
Pegging the corresponding number of pegs on each cup and then placing little
gifts in each of the cups to correspond with the number on each of the cups.
Activity 3:
Placing pictures of numbered gifts in order on a washing line.
Outdoor
Activity:
Placing 5 or 10 plastic buckets here and there on the yard (or mark circles
on the yard). Then number every bucket (or circle).
The children must throw a ball or a bean bag to the buckets in the correct
order. Then place the buckets in order and throw a bean bag or ball into
the buckets in the correct order.
or
Collecting several items from the yard and placing them in the appropriate
bucket e.g. 6 small stones in the number 6 bucket, in order.
4.
Money
Aim:
Becoming familiar with money.
Apparatus:
role-play shop
plastic money/coins
Activity 1:
Labelling prices in the role play shop.
Buy something for the party that costs 3p.
Buy something for the party that costs more than 5p.
Buy something for the party that costs less than 10p.
Activity 2:
Paying for items for the party by matching the money to the price
on the label e.g. 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p.
Activity 3:
Making a big counting book 1-5/5-10 - Jac y Jwc’s Birthday Party.
Activity 4:
Paying for items by counting the correct number of coins.
5.