classroom estimation station

 At the end of the year we wanted to study estimating and numbers with our kiddos. I went through my pinterest boards for ideas and was delighted to find this gem from No Time For Flashcards.

I teach three-year-olds who are not yet writing and decided it would be fun for them to draw what they spied in the jars. You can do a search online for a mason jar template. I do not remember where I found mine but it was from a site for personal use only.

The children made predictions, drew their prediction, counted pom poms, and then verified their answers.The following day we we added other objects to the jars such as glass jewels, small plastic insects and lizards, or beads. Our wall of estimations grew quite full. The children were super proud and returned to our Estimation Station many times over the course of two weeks.

dandy candy, what's your guess?

***CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED***
Winners announced tomorrow.

Take a closer look will ya? In this jar I have dumped oodles and oodles of candy in a variety of shapes and sizes. There is candy corn, peanut butter m&ms, apricot wedges & black licorice bits. The jar is your average sized pasta jar repurposed just for this bit of scrumdilly-fun! Top three guesses (without going over), one in each age category will win a halloween pack from scrumdilly-do! To play, leave a comment here with three things:

1. your guess
2. your name
3. your age category

Age categories are:

X. 9 months-3 years
Y. 4-6 years
Z. 7-10 years

Get your counting on and guess, guess, guess away! Contest closes October 20 so that I can mail out the prizes before Halloween (not my strong point)! Lookie here for some of the prizes: