Counting Flap Book

What You Need:

• Construction paper, variety of colors
• Hole punch
• Markers
• Card Stock, 5 sheets, 4" x 6"
• Glue stick
• Two or three-ring binder

What You Do:

1. Have your child fold five sheets of construction paper in half.
2. Help your child hole punch the papers so they fit into the three-ring binder.
3. Let your child place them into the binder to create the base of their math book.
4. Open the book to the first piece of construction paper.
5. On the left side, have your child draw the number "1."
6. On the right side of the book, encourage your child to draw a picture that represents "1" thing. It can be anything from a bee to a train.
7. Continue doing this with each sheet of construction paper, until your child finishes with number "5."
8. Make a fold in the card stock sheets about 1/2 an inch from the top to create a hinge for each sheet.
9. Starting at the first page of the book, help them to glue the hinge piece (1/2") just above the number so when the flap is folded down it hides the number.
10. Repeat this for all five pages.
11. While the glue dries, close the book and have your child decorate the cover.
12. With all of the flaps covering the numbers, ask your child to flip through the pages and count the objects they've drawn.