In our TpT store we are sharing a free digital number activity with you! It will help students understand the relationship between numbers and quantities by drawing them on a ten frame.
They will:- say the number on the bus
- draw dots or kids on the window ten frame to match
- count to check the total
Each bus on the slides shows a number from 1 to 10.
Here are some bus-themed math warm up ideas for you too!
On the Bus - Ordinal Position of Numbers
Select some students to play. They line up 'on the bus'. Give verbal instructions such as
- the 5th child on the bus must stand up
- the 3rd child on the bus must clap 7 times
- the 4th and 10th children on the bus must swap seats
Swap Seats
Make a line of chairs for a selected group to sit 'on the bus' - e.g. 6 students.
One child is chosen to be the bus driver and stands to the side, facing away from the group.
Point to any 2 children on the bus who swap seats.
The bus driver turns around to face the group who count slowly to ten (practice counting).
The driver must attempt to guess the 2 students who have swapped seats on the bus.
A new driver is chosen.
Place Value Bus - Extension
Seat 2 children on chairs side-by-side. They are drivers on 2 buses next to one another. One is the Tens Bus, the other the Ones Bus. If you have a board, seat the students in front and write these names on the board.
Each child holds up a different number of fingers - e.g. the Tens Bus child may hold up 5 fingers, the Ones Bus child may hold up 2 fingers. The rest of the class say the number - e.g. 52.
Optional: have a student build the number with place value blocks in front of the bus drivers.
In the Pond Coloring Club free library I have shared with you a free Number Bus worksheet to help your students practice writing numbers - and to color of course!
I hope you and your learners love these ideas!