Math Graphing Activity for Kids! This beginner graphing activity teaches children how to use a graph in a delicious way – CANDY! Remarkably, my preschoolers did NOT eat theirs. Amazing! Of course, I told them not to but no one even sneaked any. What a good bunch of kiddos I have in my classroom…
M&M math lesson is a fun way to teach kids counting, sorting and simple math skills! #ece #preschool Share on X
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M&M Math & Graphing For Kids
Supplies
White cardstock
Color printer
M&M’s milk chocolate candies
Small paper cups
Plastic wrap
I pre-labeled each cup with the child’s name.
The plastic wrap is to seal it up for them to take their candy home.
A fun way to practice our math skills! ad
M&M Graphing Lesson For Preschoolers
- Print a copy of the graph in color on white card stock- one for each child.
- Pour some M&M’s in a small paper cup – one cup per child.
- Sit your students down at a table with their graph and candies.
- Explain to them that they should sort through their candies and place a line of candies on the same bar of the color they are holding. i.e. green M&M’s go on the green line, red on red and so forth.
- Have them count how many greens, how many blues, how many reds.
So, your little ones just got a “taste” (pardon the pun) of how to use and read a graph plus a counting exercise – with a snack afterward!
What other ways can you think of to use this graphing activity with young children?
This year I made snowman cookies for a movie night party.
M&M’s were the
buttons for the snowman tummies!
Works great for cleaning up pet hair of all kinds (and people hair, too!)
Enjoy!
My boys used to love “candy math” activities! Mine never ate while we did the work either but I think knowing they could eat them when they were done helped.