This game will help your students with counting, subitizing and numeral identification.
We designed it to include repetition (critical to the development of numeral identification and subitizing) within the very foundation of the game.
Over and over and over again students will attend to the dot patterns on the dice and match them to numerals. Building visual memory.
To play
- pop a frog (counter) on each line
- the frogs race to the lily pad - who will get tehir first?
- move a matching frog one space along the track each time the number is thrown
- let's race!
- the first numbered frog to reach the end of the track and land on a lily pad is the winning frog
- one student controls all frogs, on an their individual board
More ideas
Here are a few more ways you can use the boards - to get more value out of your time and resources!
Add counters
- instead of moving a counter along the line, students place an additional counter in each space
- as they 'keep track' of how many counters are on each track they will be informally building addition and subtraction skills
Write the numbers
- students write the numbers along the track as a number is rolled
- the mats can also be used for direct practice of number writing without the dice rolling
Play Dough Balls
- students roll play dough balls (frogs) to match the numbers on the frogs
- after lining up the numbers, ask students to roll the dice
- as a number is rolled, students can squash the balls - making lily pads!
