Math Games

Happy Friday bloggers!  We don't have school today because it's Fair Day...Thank you agriculture for a day off! ;)

We've been working on number and counting concepts for a few weeks.  I've used lots of activities with the 100 chart to help my kiddos recognize their numbers.  Their favorite game so far has been "ZAP!" where they take turns pulling a card from a bucket.  If the card has a number, the student must read it to the group.  If it says "ZAP!" then the game is over.  They love it!

We've also been using the 100's chart puzzles and tile boards that I blogged about last year.  These are both really great tools to check a student's counting strategies.

The back of these boards are blank, so when students finish the front side I have them flip for an extra challenge.  Extra motivation to finish!

Place Value

I'm sooo loving all of the place value games and activities all over Pinterest! :) My kinders love playing with tens and ones blocks, creating numbers and then breaking them apart.  Check out these awesome 100's charts that I borrowed from our special education department...

On one side, the yellow charts list all of the numbers 1-100.  We've practiced matching up the numbers for a few days, so today I flipped the boards over for an added challenge.  I love the counting strategies that the students used to figure out where to place each number tile!

I'm also a big fan of this "Sprint to 100" game from Down Under Teacher.

Oceans of First Grade Fun also has plenty of great place value games.

One more day until our spring break!  Can you believe this week actually started with a snow day?  Crazy weather!