Surveys and Graphs
What's your favorite sport?
Materials
- Index cards
- Tape
- Drawing supplies
Directions
Encourage your child to survey family and friends, asking, "What's your favorite sport or outdoor activity?" Each person can draw and/or write their answer on an index card. When your child has collected eight to twelve cards, help him or her tape all the cards with the same or similar activities end-to-end in a row. Tape the rows of cards on a large piece of paper, one below the other, aligning the rows on the left. You will have created a picture bar graph. Talk about the graph together. "What sport did most people like best?" "How many people had the same favorite activity you did?" "What sports or activities did just one person think of?" Encourage visitors to the house to add an index card with their favorite sport or activity to the graph.
Talk About It
Staying active keeps grownups and kids healthy and alert. As a family, what active pastimes do you enjoy together? Playing basketball? Going for walks? Dancing in the house? Playing tag? Make a list with your child. Try to do several things on your list together each week.
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