Quick Addition

Get your Fluent Five cards out from the Math Kit, I have a new math warm up idea for you that your students will love. It's fast, fun and supports them in their emerging ability to instantly recognize number pictures and can lead to more confidence in early addition.

You will:

• have your children look closely at 2 cards as you hole them up
• flash 2 cards briefly 
• encourage your children to total the number of black dots they see altogether

In the photo below, students would call 4 after quickly counting (or recignizing) the 4 black dots.

Play before your math lesson or workshop as a warm up. 

Math Warm Ups ideally focus on previous taught content or some finer aspect of a larger concept you are teaching that the students can grasp readily. The idea is lots of practice, engagement and opportunity for all students to be active in their learning. Find more ideas here on the blog to ignite you math time!