Color Matching Meet M&M's

Last month I found this wonderful link about using M&M's as a graphing and tally mark activity for my 1st grader. I thought it was awesome and totally sent my husband to the store to pick up some bags. I got to thinking though how can I involve my 2 yr as well because honestly my 2 yr old loves doing school when his big sister is doing school. She has a worksheet... He wants a worksheet... and so forth. It's really cute! Although her attention span is a lot longer than his at the moment it's getting better everyday, but still a 2 yr likes to move and be busy. So I needed to think of something that would be quick, fun, and educational at the same time.

So I decided I am just going to cut circles of colored construction paper and get him his own jar of M&M's to match. It worked wonderfully! He has so much fun... for about 15 mins. But hey it's 15 mins of learning I am not complaining one bit. One of the best parts... He doesn't try eating them at all!! Not once... Crazy cool for a 2 yr I think. :)

Once we emptied the big baby food jar and all M&M's are on their respective colors he was able to then tell me which group had the most and which group had the least amount. It was awesome!

We had so much fun!! We got goofy at times and were switching colors and moving them back, but it was a blast. Sissy though can't wait to get to her tally and graph activity with her M&M's. That one is next on our list to do. :) 

I secured these to the table with just double sided tape. It worked really well.

Fun... Simple... Inexpensive... Effective.

LOVE.IT

What fun teaching moments do you hold close to your heart or are your favorite memories?