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Small-Group Time Planning Form

Originating
Idea

Find the Buttons

Materials

Buttons, sensorial tub

Curriculum
Content

KDI. 32 Counting

Beginning

All of my buttons fell into the sensorial tub,


who can find all 10 of them for me?

Opening
Statement

Middle
Earlier
What will
children do?

Move hands
thru tub
finding
buttons

Strategies:
How will you
scaffold
their
learning?

Acknowledge
their work,
point and
count to their
buttons

Middle

Finds buttons
counts
stagger
through
findings

Strategies:

Encourage seeking of
more buttons; ask how
many they have found

End
warning and
transition to
next part of
routine

Follow-up
Ideas

Thank you all for finding my buttons, I can now


button up my coat so we can go outside

Interchange counting materials and scenarios

Later

Finds and
counts all 10
buttons

Strategies:

Acknowledge
work; remove a
few, repeat
question of how
many they have

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