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Tasks to start the day

We paint and draw

Using stickers

Counting and calculating

Talking

For the educators: discussion on the topic

Dear teachers,

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reschool Playground is in front of you the new edition from Kreativni Centar, for preschool children. This volume offers various tasks, excerises and games in the field of mathematics - counting and calculating, making sets and subsets, spacial orientation and first consepts in geometry.

Contents of this worksheets can be adjusted to match the needs, events and program for specific preschool group. Activities are structured to alow easy orientation for kids to work independently but also enriched with numerous ideas for additional work. Therefore this book will be of great help to experienced teacher as well as beginners. These tasks allow children selfprogress, encourage observation and search for different solutions, develope creativity and create foundation for a good school start.

What is the weather like today? Colour in. ď‚–

Up and Down Colour in everything that is up with yellow, and everything that is down with green. In blank frame draw something that is up and something that is down.

Show what is up and what is down in your classroom.

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How did you come to school today? Colour in. ď‚–

What is outside and what is inside?

Wolf is outside, and goats are inside. Determine which animals will be inside and which outside the circle and colour in.

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Explain how you solved these tasks. Name what you have in your bag. What is inside?

What kind of shoes did you wear today? Colour in. ď‚–

Who is going up and who is going down?

Snail going down the tree is marked with a blue arrow, and snail going up is marked with green arrow. Who is going up and who is going down the stairs? Draw the right direction with arrows.

Who is going up the hill, and who is going down? Draw the right direction with arrows.

Check with your friends how they solved these tasks. Are thier solutions different from yours? Where can you go up, and where can you go down?

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What is the weather like today? Colour in. 

Longer and shorter Colour in the longest pencil, the longest worm and the longest path with yellow.

Colour in shorter pencil, worm and path with green, and the shortest of each with blue.

Finish the medium sized worm.

The boy took one step to reach the blue ball. How many steps would he need to take to reach the green, and how many steps to reach the yellow ball.

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Which ball was the farthest? Who’s got the longest hair in your preschool group, and who’s got the shortest?

How did you come to the school today? Colour in. ď‚–

Wider and narrower Colour the widest objects in red. Colour narrower objects in blue, and the narrowest in yellow.

Look at the items in the classroom. Are the doors wider then the windows? Which pictures on the wall are wide, and which are narrow? Which books are wide and which are narrow on the shelves? Which cup can hold more water, blue or red? What about red and yellow cups?

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What is the weather like today? Colour in. ď‚–

Straight and curved lines Trace the straight line with blue, and curved line with red colour. Connect kangaroo and its cub with a straight line. Connect zebra with its cub with a curved line. Carful not to cross the lines.

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Look at the items around you. Name two items that have straight lines, and two with curved lines. Look at the picture from previous page, and then show straight and curved lines.

Who did you come with to school today? Colour in. ď‚–

Dad

Mom

Grandad

Grandmom

Somebody else

Taller and shorter Finish the drawing.

Show the tallest tree. Which flower is the shortest? Connect shortest flower and shortest tree, then tallest tree and tallest flower.

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What is the weather like today? Colour in. ď‚–

Open and closed lines Trace open lines with green, and closed lines with red. Draw one open and two closed lines in the blank field. Connect rabbits and their cabbage, but remember that rabbits can’t cross the fence.

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Was this task too hard? Why? Is the number of rabbits and cabbages the same? How do you know? Look at the picture from the previous page, and find open and closed lines.

Table of contents Up and down 3 What is outside and what is inside? 4 Who is going up and who is going down? 5 Longer and shorter 6 Wider and narrower 7 Straight and curved lines 8 Taller and shorter 9 Open and closed lines 10 Square, rectangle, triangle and circle 11 Shapes 12 Sets 13 Make new sets 14 Sets and subsets 15 Joining sets of elements 16 Number one 1 17 Number two 2 18 Number three 3 19 Number four 4 20 Number five 5 21 Numbers from 1 to 5 22 Counting and colouring in the rain 23 Sets with several elements 24 Starting from smallest to largest 25 Number six 6 26 Colour a boy and a girl 27 Addition (plus +) 28 Number seven 7 29 Circle and colour sets 30 Sort caps and hats 31 Addition (plus +) 32 Number eight 8 33 Number nine 9 34 Add up and draw 35 Bears play 36 Number ten 10 37 Put numbers from 1 to 10 38 Addition (plus+) 39 Subtraction (minus-) 40 Subtract these buttons 41 Four woodpeckers 42 Three cats 43 Five chickens 44 Six ducklings 45 Seven bees 46 Whole and half 47 Even parts 48