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Using Uno Cards to Teach Preschool Numbers and Shapes

My kids just can't get enough of playing games with Mom and Dad--can yours?

Sometimes we all take a break in the middle of the day and play a game together.  Most of the time, I just make sure we play games so that we all have fun together.  I can get so caught up in things that I'll go from one task to the next and forget to have a little fun.

Today, after several pleas from my kids, I got out the Uno cards.  Today I would be playing with six-year-old Ryan and three-year-old Maegan.  In the past, Maegan would sit on my lap and help me with my cards; but today, she wanted to be her "own team".

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Not feeling sure how things would go, I dealt seven cards to each of us.  Maegan picked up her cards and held them in her hand.

I flipped over the first card and asked Maegan to go first.  "Do you have a yellow card to put down?"

"Yep," she answered and put down a yellow card on top of the pile.

Round and round we went, with Maegan putting down the correct color on her turn all by herself.  Then finally a turn came that she didn't have the right color.

"Do you have a card," I asked, pointing to the large symbol in the middle of the card, "that has a circle like this one?"

While I still had my finger next to the symbol, she went through each card, one a time.  She carefully checked to see if she had a "match" - and when she found one, she put it down on top of the pile.

The game was a great success--especially since she won the first round!

"That's one point for the team 'My Little Pony' (as she had named her team)," I congratulated her.   She beamed with pride.   She had won and she had done it all by herself.

As I sat there admiring her accomplishment, I realized how easy it is to miss opportunities like this that are educational in nature.  This game taught her taking turns, sorting, colors, and shapes.

It's always a great asset as a home school parent to have one more way to help our kids learn and practice what they've been learning.  So, "Uno away"!!

Laura Bankston
 

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Laura Bankston is author of the Cooking with Kids Curriculum:  ï¿œCooking With Kids System In a Boxï¿œ and the ï¿œHomeschool Cookbookï¿œ.  She currently home schools her three children, maintains home school support websites, and manages their family-owned service business.  For information on her curriculum and free home school support services, please visit https://www.homeschoolcookbook.com

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