More Ideas for Number Display Posters

Nov 20, 2023

A display of numbers can contribute to your kindergarten math activities as well as adding some color and fun to your classroom. Students can reference number order and counting skills, participate in daily counting and use them in games and warm ups.

I just added some Rainbow Trucks to the Number Display Bundle, available in my TPT store and would love to share with you a few ways to use them.

Matching Mats

have students make a set of objects (plastic math bears or hippos work well) to match the number on each truck

from the pond rainbow truck number display

Comparing Numbers

ask students to take 2 trucks and build each number with cubes
ask students to talk about which has more/less
ask students to add more blocks to one of the trucks so they become equal
talk together about equality in numbers - making groups the same

how to teach number sense in kindergarten

Puzzles

cut the trucks and make matching puzzles
shuffle the sections and have students match the numeral to the dots

Addition

for a challenge, create addition problems by placing 2 puzzle parts together (that do not match)
ask students to find the total
they can use equipment - like place value blocks - to support their addition
this is a practical way to introduce 2 digit addition

I hope your students love math and numbers a little more today after playing with the Rainbow Trucks!

If you receive my newsletter you'll get a free Gingerbread Man truck as a gift from me this week. Here is a fun math warm up to play to support subtraction fluency (taking away 2 quickly).