Educational Value in Conversation Hearts

This week Big Bird Buddies and Magic Kingdom students were able to explore Conversation Candy Hearts! The students were given a small basket with approximately fifteen candy hearts inside. They were encouraged to manipulate the candies independently and creatively.

Maddie sorted her hearts by color and then counted the number of hearts in each sorted pile. Emilio arranged ten hearts into the form of the letter 'c' and then said, "look Jolene, I made a 'c'." Later Emilio laid them across the table in a vertical line and reported, "I'm making Yedi tracks!" Noah used one to one correspondence and counted that he had fourteen hearts total. Aiden began to notice that the candy hearts had a scent, he bent towards the table and said, "Oh, those smell good." When it came time to taste test our candy hearts Logan scrunched up his face and said, "it's sour."

Key Developmental Indicators that correspond with this activity:
Initiative: Initiating play.
Social Relations: Relating to adults, Relating to other children
Creative Representation: Making and building models, Pretending
Mathematics and Science: Sorting objects, Identifying patterns, Comparing properties, Counting, Identifying materials and properties.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy