I don’t know about your classroom, but in the last 5 years we have been seeing more and more students starting the school year behind academically. Every year I send home a package that has a dozen or so different cards games that help students practice numeracy skills at home! Every year at conferences parents bring up that they would like activities to do at home with their child in math. I then thought, I send home reading books home every night, what about numeracy?
So, I created 25 Math Activities and Centers that students are able to take home and practice with their families! This Math Take Home Bag Package is meant to create a positive connection with students and their families, as well as, with home and the school.
“Math Games are to Math, what Books are to Reading”.
For a lot of families, they don’t know what to do or where to start. This package is not meant to be seen as a homework package. I see Math Take Home Bags as a positive activity for students and family members to bond, while reinforcing numeracy skills. If a family is not able to complete it, I make sure to let them know that is OKAY! We are all busy! Any little bit helps 🙂
I started reading numerous articles about Numeracy and the positive correlation it has with learning in all subject areas. I included a few links below that you might find interesting about Numeracy for Early Years development, I know I did!
Why Early Math is just as important as Reading
Why do Early Math Skills predict later Mathematics and Reading Achievement?
School Readiness and Later Achievement
I remember Math Take Home Bags as a young learner. I remember how excited I would get to have a fun activity to do with my family that evening. I personally have received positive feedback on these take home bags from the families in my classroom.
Included in this package are 25 Math Activities and Centers. These can be used for Math Take Home Bags OR you could also use these for Math Centers in your class throughout the year!
Included in this package there are a variety of tasks, that practice different skills from counting, subitizing, one-to-one correspondence, number sense, counting on, addition, subtraction, place value and more! I understand how each classroom is diverse and the needs within each classroom are vast. Keeping this in mind I created some activities for students on the lower end, as well as, activities on the higher end. I have included multiple variations of centers where possible, so students are able to be successful for where they are at academically.
Teachers spend so much of their time and money on all things related to their classroom. I wanted to create something that was easy and inexpensive to create! You will need cardstock to print and laminate each center, dice, counters and Ziploc bags for most of the activities!
Below are the math activities and centers included in this package! I included a description for the first 10 activities!
1.Tropical Bird 1-20 Ten Frames – Use buttons or counters to fill in the 10 frames to match the correct number.
2.Race to 10 – Roll the number cube and to try to reach 10 first!
3.Build to 10 – Use stacking cubes to build the numbers in each box. Compare which ones are bigger and smaller.
4. Count to 20 – Students flip over numeral cards and match them to the 10 and 20 frames.
5. One More One Less – Students roll a number cube and place that many manipulatives on their board. They then build one less and one more on either side of their number.
6. Cookie Baking – Students place the correct number of cookies on each cookie tray.
7. How many Scoops? – Players use a paperclip and pencil or spinner and move up and down the ice cream tower. The first person to the top wins!
8. One More/One Less Gameboard – There are two variations to play this games. Players are able to use task cards with instructions, or students are able to roll a number cube, move that many spaces and answer what number is one more or one less (different gameboards included).
9. Count the Room – An adult will hide the 12 task cards around a room. Students have to find the task cards. Count how many and correctly record the number on their recording page.
10. Spin to 20 One Less – Students spin the spinner or paperclip and pencil. They then have to say the number that is one less than the number they landed on. They find a matching square on the gameboard. The first person to get four in a row wins.
11. Spin to 20 One More
12. Number Match
13. Deep Sea Roll + 1
14. Roll, Add and Cover
15. Ice Cream Number Match
16. 4. Tug-a-War
17. Race to 20
18. What Comes Next?
19. Addition within 10 KABOOM
20. Subtraction Within 10 KABOOM
21. Shape Pictures
22. Domino Match
23. Dominoes
24. Outer Space Place Value
25. Spin to 20
Do you send home Math Activities with your families? What are your thoughts or Math Take Home Bags? Let me know below!
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