There is so much wonder to be found in nature.  While you are out, count how many petals you see in the flowers around you or if you have some at home pick them  for your children to observe. What different ways could you count the petals? Can you count the number of petals out using rocks or sticks? Have fun with this and see what flower you can find that has the most petals.  To extend this activity further you could also ask what shapes do you see in nature? Can  you find a square? a circle? can you see spirals?

This photo above is from Reggio Inspired Mathematics by Janice Novakowski

For an example, what shapes do you see in the photo below?

To encourage more counting as well as fine motor control, try stacking rocks.  Can you stack 5 rocks?  We tried to do this today and  stacked 7 rocks.  Try this and let me know how many rocks you can stack.

For an extension to this activity, you could also reuse your drinkable yogurt containers as in the photo above to encourage further one to one correspondence as well as fine motor control.  If you do not have plastic tweezers, tongs will work too. Have fun!