Curriculum for Nursery Module 1 Math

1. Colors
1. Primary Colors

-red, yellow, blue

2. Secondary Colors

-orange, green, violet

Objective: To be able to identify the different colors.

Activities:

1. Make use of the color cloth.  (eyes&ears)

Show the different cloths with different colors. Explain that each color has a name. Hold up one cloth  and say, "This is color…", ask the child to repeat the name. Do this for all the cloths. For the second time, hold the cloth up and ask, "What color is this?"

2. Presentation of actual objects. (eyes&ears)

It is better to present actual tangible objects with the given color rather than just charts. Look for toys, clothes, fruits and everyday things that have the color to be discussed. 

3. Presentation with charts. (eyes&ears)

Charts with the said topic can give further illustration.

4. Games: (bodily kinesthetic)

1. Sorting game: Sort toys with the same colors.

2. Touch the color: it's like "Simple Simon Says". You say, "touch the color...", then the child should touch any object that the color that you mentioned.

5. Picture Book: I Spy, The Green Queen
6. Practical app: Anywhere you go, anything you are doing or eating, make sure to make mention of the different colors of object that you encounter.

7. Have coloring books to practice their coloring skills. Make use of "Coloring by the Numbers" for advanced coloring.

2. Shapes
1. Basic Shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval
2. Other shapes: star, heart, diamond, quatrefoil

Objectives: To be able to identify the different shapes of objects.

Activities:

1. Play with the shape sorter. (logic, bodily kinesthetic)

2. Clay play. Mold the clay to the shape desired.

3. Actual object. Examine actual objects and compare it with a drawing of a shape to determine the shape of the object. Ex: Have a drawing of a circle, a square, a triangle and a rectangle. Then find several objects that you can compare with it like a coin, a shoe box, a tobblerone etc. As the child becomes familiar with the shape, you can do without the drawings and just name the shape of everyday things you encounter.
4. Practice drawing. Let child trace drawings of the shape.
5. Picture Book:
6. Make funny hats that have different shapes.

3. Patterns
1. Color Patterns
2. Shape Patterns

Objectives: 1. to be able to identify what comes next in the given pattern.

2. To be able to make one's own pattern.

Activities:

1. Jewelry making. Try making a jewelry by following a pattern.
2. Making Cards. Use patterns to design the card. Make a pattern and let the child finish it.
3. Ask the child to set-up the table by following a pattern.
4. Skittles game. Make a pattern out of skittles candy. Let him taste one  of each so he'll be familiar with flavors of the colors. Ask the child to close his eyes, then give the candy that comes after the pattern. Let him guess which color of the candy  you give him.