The pack includes 16 ways to play in addition to those I share with you here on the blog!
Addition Story - Birds in the Tree
- each student has a play mat and access to 'one' cubes
- tell an addition story where the children listen and act out the steps with the blocks on their mat
- e.g. there were 2 birds sitting in the tree (place 2 cubes on the mat) another bird flew into the tree
- ask students how many - e.g. how many birds are now in the tree
- remind them that this is addition - 2 birds and 1 bird makes 3 birds
- you can challenge them by asking how many more would we need to make ten etc
- repeat with other mats and stories for lots of addition pracrtice and interpreting addition in language
Find 15 - and extension activity for students working beyond 10
- roll 3 dice and find the total using various strategies
- each time a total of 15 is found, a spot gets covered on the mat
- play until all 10 spots are covered
I hope your littles ones loves these new ways to play!
- find the pack of Play Mats over in my store
- find some math warm up ideas here
- draw a simple line tree for fine motor practice