This activity can be used with both my kids with some adaptions, so just make changes based upon your child's age. For Cole, who is two, we talk about the colors of the conversation hearts and the colors of the bowls, the shapes, and work on counting out the little numbers (for example 1-3). He enjoys doing the game with Lillian who is 4 even though they aren't doing the same activity. Lillian plays the game multiple ways depending on her mood (game always sounds like more fun I think!). Some days she just chooses a card (one of my previous post tells how to make them) and puts that many conversation hearts in the bowl. Other days she'll put the number cards in ascending order by their value. Today she was going to "guess" how many hearts were in the bowl. Of course I jumped at the chance to remind her that she could also use the word "estimate", which she did then. Another day you may want to play the game and change it a little; don't even use the bowls or cards, but count the hearts by two's to see how many you have in your hand. Watch your child for cues and see how THEY want to play today. They'll have more fun and will likely play longer than if we tell them how they are going to do it!
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