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Razzle Dazzle Ideas for Math
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| Skills: |
visual discrimination; sorting; money |
| Materials: |
coupons from grocery ads or newspapers, envelope or coupon folder |
| Directions: |
Ask the children to help you cut the coupons from the ads and newspaper. Store these in an envelope or coupon folder. Can they sort the coupons by amount? Can they sort the coupons another way (i.e. canned goods, cleaning items, etc.)? |
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Older children could add up how much money they would save
with the coupons.
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| Skills: |
money; inequalities |
| Materials: |
flyers from toy stores, grocery stores, or discount stores, paper, pencils, file folder |
| Directions: |
Write questions similar to those below on a file folder.
Children take the brochure and find items for each question. (They can write or draw the answer to the questions.)
- What costs $1.00?
- What costs $10.00?
- What costs $100.00?
- What would you like to buy for yourself?
- What would you like to buy for your teacher?
- What would you like to buy for your family?
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Have children do a T-chart of wants and needs.
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| Skills: |
numeral recognition; addition |
| Materials: |
shower curtain liner, permanent marker, beanbag |
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Cut the shower curtain in fourths and draw the outline of a cell phone on a section similar to the one shown. (You could also use a poster board for this.) Place the giant cell phone on the floor and have children stand 2 or 3 feet away. Children take turns tossing the beanbag on the phone and identifying the numeral. |
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Use 2 beanbags and have children add up the numbers they land
on.
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