Shell Game

Ages: 2 - 5
Need seashells, bucket

The ocean is the perfect place for this game.

Make sure your child has his beach bucket with him. Walk along the beach and shoreline and have him collect as many shells as he can fit in his bucket.

When he's done, sit on your blanket on the beach and empty his bucket onto the blanket.

Have him play two games.

1. Let him match all the seashells that are the same color.

2. Have him line up the shells, side by side, in order of smallest to largest. Then from largest to smallest.

Then have him count the number of shells that he has collected.

Is this an odd or even number? See if he can divide the shells into two groups with the same number of shells.

If he can, then he has an even number of shells. If he can't then he has an odd number.

Take two shells away from him. Ask him how many shells he has left.

Give him those two back. Now how many does he have?

Then take three shells away and ask him how many he has left. Then give him all three back.

Let him describe the colors of his shells. Are any two alike? Are they exactly the same? Why or why not?

Let him keep a few shells to take him as a souvenir from his trip to the beach.

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