Sesame Street Podcast

Find the number 13! Walk around your neighborhood and look for the number on street signs, buildings, and magazines. How many times can you spot 13?

Search for dozens! The next time you�re at the grocery store, help your child find twelve of something, such as twelve apples or zucchinis. Count to twelve as you point to each one. Then explain that twelve also means a dozen. Look for a dozen eggs or a dozen bagels. What else can you find a dozen of?

Get active! With your child, learn about the number eleven through exercise. Do ten jumping jacks, counting each one aloud, and then do one more for eleven all together. Do ten sit-ups and then one more to make eleven. What other exercises can you do eleven times?

Count your fingers and toes! Trace your child�s hands on a piece of paper and together and count the number of fingers on the page. Then, decorate the page with the number ten in different colors. Once complete, have your child trace your fingers or trace her feet and count her toes!

Dine with the number 9! With your child, create a meal where there is exactly nine of something on the plate. There could be nine spaghetti stands, nine carrot sticks, or chicken cut up into nine pieces. Count the food before your eat it, and then count down after every bite.

The great number eight! Go on a nature scavenger hunt and collect sets of eight with your child. Can you find eight small sticks? Eight fallen leaves? Eight pebbles? When you get home, help your child glue what he found onto pieces of construction paper and then write the number eight on each collage. How many sets of eight can you find?

Make a rainbow! There are seven colors you can see in a rainbow � red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Together with your child, draw a rainbow counting each color as you go! What else can you draw with seven colors?

Pick six! You and your child can take turns naming items around your home and then working together to try and find six of each one. Can you find six crayons? Six books? Six toys? Six carrot sticks? What else can you find six of?

Count your fingers and toes! As a fun art project, you and your child can dip your hands and feet in finger paint and make hand and foot prints on paper or cardboard. Once the paint is dry, count the number of fingers on each hand and the number of toes on each foot. Use markers or crayons to write the numbers 1-5 above each finger and toe.

Explore the number four! There are lots of things that are in groups of four. Spend a day with your child looking for them such as four wheels on a car, four chairs around a table, or four legs on an animal. What else can you find?

Do you see the number 3? If you look carefully, you�re bound to see the number three all around you! Walk around your neighborhood with your child looking for the number three on signs, license plates, buildings, and storefronts. When you spot the number say, �I see the number three!� and hold up three fingers. How many threes can you find?

How many "twos" are on you? Look in the mirror with your child and find different body parts you have two of. Count one, two eyes, knees, and ears! What other body parts can you count two of? When you�re done, count one, two friends in the mirror!

The last one! Play a game where you and your child have to remember to say �one� when there is only one of something left. If you�re eating carrot sticks, say �one� when there is only one left on your plate. If you�re cleaning up toys, say �one� before you put the last one away. If you�re setting the table together, don�t forget to say �one� when you only have one plate or spoon left to put down. Keep track of who says "one" first!

Countdown to Zero! Practice counting backwards all the way to zero. Put five pieces of a healthy snack on a plate and have your child count down after each one is eaten. The next time you and your child are cleaning up toys, count down as you put them all away. When you reach zero each time, talk about how zero means that there are none left. What else can you count backwards to zero?

Have a zany Z day! Walk around your home in a zigzag. Tell a story about someone named Zelda or Zeke. Eat zucchini or ziti for dinner. Pretend to be a zoo keeper or a zebra. Wear as many things with zippers as you can find. How many things can you do that begin with the letter Z?