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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Buttons, Buttons, Buttons!

Materials: Large collection of old buttons.
Directions: Divide the class into groups of four of five. Place a pile of buttons in the middle of the desk. Give groups commands for sorting the buttons according to their size, their color or the number of holes.
T: Find all the blue buttons. Find all the big buttons.
Then have students make patterns according to their size, color or number of holes.
T: Find a big button. Find a small button. Make a pattern: big, small, big, small.

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