Principle:              Sometimes we have a few choices and sometimes we have no choice at all.

Title:                      A variety of numeral activities.

Materials:             Level 1.  Buttons or counters to sort and count

Level 2.      Number peg boards or numerals and counters

Level 3.      Numerals and counters beads and cubes and pattern cards for a variety of levels

Direction:             Review today's principle.  Introduce today's activity by presenting the materials to the students.

Review principle.

Model:                    Model each task, if necessary.  As the children work remind them that for this activity they had no choice, they were told what to do and they are doing it.  Point out that sometimes they realize they have no choice.

Present activity.

Activity:                 After their number activities give students a choice of continuing the number activity, or doing cube or bead pattern cards.  As children choose point out that this time they were able to choose from a limited number of choices (rather than being able to choose anything at all).  Point out that they are able to choose from a limited number of choices and they do what they are told when they have no choice at all.

After numeral activity, allow children to make a limited choice.

Evaluation:            Level 1.         What is this?
                      What did we just do?
Level 2.         How did you do that?
Level 3.         What will you do different next time?
                      What will you do the same next time?
                      Why?

Assist children in evaluating this activity and their strategies.

Variation:             Mazes can be used for this activity, emphasizing that there is only one correct solution, there is no choice.