Bar Graph Activity
A hands-on bar graph activity for preschool through 1st grade: count ocean animals and insects, color the graphs, and play a spinner game. Answer key included.
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Description
This bar graph activity helps preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students count, sort and show data in a simple, hands-on way. Children count three kinds of pictures and color one box for each one, so the bar graph activity turns counting into a picture of the numbers. Then they compare the columns to find which group has the most and which has the fewest.
How to Use This Activity
There are two ways to play. In the first, children choose the Ocean or the Insect Picture Page, count the fish, starfish and turtles or the butterflies, dragonflies and fireflies, and color the matching bar graph. In the second, children spin a printed picture spinner with a paper clip and a pencil, color one box for each spin, and stop when one column reaches ten. This preschool graphing activity works for small groups, partners or a math center.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page and a How to Use page
- Ocean Picture Page and Ocean Bar Graph
- Insect Picture Page and Insect Bar Graph
- Ocean and Insect spinners
- Kindergarten practice worksheet: read a bar graph
- Answer keys for the picture pages and the practice page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
First, coloring one box for each picture shows children that a bar graph is just a way to count. Second, comparing tall and short columns builds the language of most, fewest and how many. Third, the spinner game adds a little chance and excitement, so children want to play again and make a new graph.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Ask children to tell a friend which animal has the fewest, or to guess which column will win before they spin. Play the spinner game twice and compare the two graphs. You can also take the idea outside and graph real things, such as the colors of cars or the kinds of leaves you find.
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