A teaching guide that will help homeschooling parents, teachers, and teacher's aides in any educational setting to begin the process of introducing young children to the concept of learning is now available. Using colorful illustrations, words, and numbers, young children will begin to grasp the basics about matching a picture to a word and a number (such as three apples, the word THREE, and the number 3).
The first worksheet shown here is available as a free printable, see link below.
This first worksheet, Lesson One, includes the primary information that a child needs to learn his/her first five numbers. The apples are colorful and should be immediately recognizable to even young children (pre-school). The numbers 1-5 are handy numbers to start with as this allows for the complementary learning tool of "counting on one hand."
The top half shows one apple matched to the word ONE and the numeral 1. Two apples are matched to the word TWO and the numeral 2, and so on up to five apples. The bottom half is "shuffled" on both the left and the right sides. The child will need to draw a line from the apples to the corresponding word/number.
By putting it all on one page, children can "look up" the right answers. Being able to match up the apples with the words correctly, the first time, provides positive re-enforcement, and gives the child an immediate sense of self-confidence.
For the complete set of free, downloadable worksheets (six in all, including a blank worksheet template that you can use to create your own worksheets) is available at Jan's Reading Room. Go to: Using Worksheets in the Classroom as a Learning Tool. Included are teaching tips for each of the six worksheets in the set.
For the link to the first worksheet, shown in this article, see below.
