Objective

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to recognize and count numbers using dot stickers and have fun creating a pot of gold counting activity!

Materials and Prep

• Dot stickers in various colors
• Large paper or cardboard for drawing a pot of gold
• Markers or crayons

No prior knowledge needed, just bring your excitement to learn!

Activities

• Create a pot of gold drawing on the paper or cardboard. Add a big number at the top of the pot.

Let's draw a shiny pot of gold together and put a big number on it!

• Use dot stickers to represent the gold coins. Stick the correct number of dots next to the number on the pot.

Now let's count the gold coins and stick the right number of dots next to the number on our pot of gold!

• Practice counting by adding more gold coins with dot stickers and counting them out loud.

Let's keep adding more gold coins and counting them together! How many do we have now?

Talking Points

• "Look at our shiny pot of gold! Can you see the big number on top?"
• "Let's add the gold coins using dot stickers. Each sticker represents a shiny gold coin!"
• "Count with me as we stick the gold coins. One, two, three... How many gold coins do we have now?"
• "Great job counting! You are a fantastic math magician with our pot of gold!"