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Razzle Dazzle Ideas for Math
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Pretzel Numbers and Shapes |
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numerals; shapes; problem solving |
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pretzel sticks, pretzel twists, sandwich bags, napkins |
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Place several pretzel sticks and twists in sandwich bags for each child ahead of time. Children take their pretzels and see how many numerals and shapes they can make by breaking or nibbling the pretzels |
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Use pretzels to make alphabet letters or to write words.
Divide children into pairs and let them take turns making
numerals or shapes and identifying what their friend makes.
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one-to-one correspondence; numeral recognition |
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ice cube tray, dice, cotton balls |
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Children take an ice cube tray, one die, and a handful of cotton balls. Next, they roll the die and count out that number of cotton balls. Then they put the cotton balls in the containers in their ice cube tray.
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This can easily be played as a game with two or more students. The first one to fill her tray wins. Use muffin pans and tennis balls, egg cartons and plastic eggs, etc.
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| Skills: |
sets; numerals; addition; place value |
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yellow kitchen sponges, French fry containers or paper cups, marker |
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Cut sponges into ½” strips to resemble French fries. Write numerals 0-10 on the cups or containers as shown. Children make appropriate sets of French fries in the containers. |
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Children roll 2 dice and place that amount of French fries in the container. How many altogether?
Write number words on the cartons.
Use for place value.
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| Skills: |
counting; sets; fact families |
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large dry lima beans, permanent marker, breath mint tin |
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Color one side of the beans with a permanent marker. (You can also spread the beans on a newspaper and spray paint one side.) Have children place a certain amount of beans (such as five) in the tin. Children shake them up and then open the lid. How many colored beans? How many white beans? How many in all? Close the lid and shake again. How many of each? Continue shaking and counting the beans
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Have children write down the number sentence each time they shake up the beans. |
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money recognition; counting |
| Materials: |
coin purse, real or pretend coins, paper, old peeled crayons |
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Have children sort the coins that are alike. Can they name the coins? Can they tell the value? Can they count the coins? Place the paper on top of the coins and rub with the side of the crayon. Describe the image that appears. |
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Take a file folder and divide it into 8 sections as shown. Cut
a toy or other object out of a magazine and write a price by
each one. Children count out the appropriate number of coins for each object.
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