January Math Games

On Fridays, which we like to call "Friday Fundays", during math we get to play math games that strengthen and review math skills we have already covered.

 snowman addition

For the first time this year I have incorporated pre-addition into our math stations and the students are doing fabulous!  The students pull two snowmen cards out of the bag. They record the numbers on a snowman sheet and then count the symbols or make marks for each number and write how many symbols or marks are all together.  We use the words "and" and "is" right now instead of "+" and "=".

 snow graph

The students at this station are working on a snow graph. The students love any station with a spinner! I found this activity on another blog "Musings of Me".  I have found so many wonderful ideas for our classroom through blogs!

penguin roll and cover

At this station, the students play as a group game.  They roll a die and cover that many penguins with markers.  The first one to cover their board wins.

penguin patterns

In this station, the students complete a pattern of bow ties that the penguins are wearing with dyed bow tie pasta.  I initially got this idea from the website, Making Learning Fun, but as everything goes in education, I expanded the idea. They then record their patterns on a pattern sheet.

 kindergarten yahtzee

This idea came from Ms. Doennig next door, who in turn, found it on a Kindergarten blog.  The kids love this game!  If they roll a number they already have recorded they get to make the "Wah-wah" noise, which they love.