Number lines are wonderful for all sorts of math games and activities. Pass out numbered paper plates, then have students mix and mingle to see how many number bonds they can form. Learn more: Saddle Up for Second Grade/Place Value Toss 8. Kids toss beanbags into the bins, then count them and see what number they’ve created. Label bins with place values like ones, tens, and hundreds. Gather them around a numbered rock to make pretty flowers. Pick up colorful fall leaves and write math facts on them. (Feeling brave? Try this one with balloons!) Have a student stomp on the bag labeled three, then on the next two to arrive at an answer of five. Now, call out an addition or subtraction problem, like 3 + 2. Grab some paper bags and number them, then shake them out and lay them in a number line. Then, arm them with measuring tapes and have them practice taking measurements. Draw and measure shapes on the sidewalkįirst, give kids some sidewalk chalk and let them draw a variety of shapes, as big or small as they like. Learn more: Buggy and Buddy/Fishing Math 4. Float some numbered foam fish with paper clips attached, then try to catch the numbers in the right order! (Don’t want to get wet? Just lay the fish on the ground instead.) It’s so easy to make your own magnet fishing pole. Kids will have fun checking the ground under trees for twigs, then breaking them into pieces and creating tally piles. Small sticks are perfect for practicing tally marks.
Learn more: Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls 2. If there’s snow on the ground, bundle up and take this one outside to use real snowballs! Throw snowballs inside or outĬlip flash cards to plastic tubs, then challenge kids to throw the correct number of large white pom-poms (“snowballs”) in from a distance. Lots of these ideas can be adapted to suit a variety of math concepts, so choose a few to try out with your own math students. They get kids up and moving, using their whole bodies to learn facts and skills.
Tired of hearing groans when you announce it’s time for math? These active math games and activities will spice up your learning game.
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