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Addition Loopy Cards

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Purpose:

The purpose of this activity is to help your child to recall the addition basic facts up to 10 + 10.

What you need:

A Set of Loopy Cards.(PDF, 40KB) You can print these or make your own. 

What to do:

Deal out the cards between the players.   Players can spread their cards out face up.
The person who has “Start” loopy card begins by reading out loud the instruction on that card, “4 + 7” and then places the card in the middle.
The person who has a Loopy card that shows the answer "11" calls out the answer and places it on top of the start card. The player then reads the next instruction.
The game keeps going until the card with “Finish” is placed in the middle.

What to expect your child to do:

To recall the addition basic facts. They should become quicker at instantly recalling the facts. 

Variation:

  • Make up more sets of Loopy cards.
  • Make a note of the addition basic facts that your child needs to practice most.
  • Players can match the answers and instructions to form one continuous line.
  • Play the Subtraction Loopy card activity.

He Kupu Māori:

tekau
ten
tekau mā tahi
eleven
tekau mā rua
twelve
tekau mā waru
eighteen
tekau mā iwa
nineteen
rua tekau
twenty
tāpiri (hia)
add
tāpiritanga
addition
otinga
result/answer

He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:

  • Tohaina ngā kāri. (Deal out the cards.)
  • Horahia ngā kāri ki mua i a koe, ko ngā mata ki runga. (Spread the cards out face up in front of you.)
  • Kei a wai te kāri tīmatanga? Pānuihia mai te tāpiritanga. (Who’s got the start card? Read out the addition.)
  • Kei a wai te otinga ki tēnā tāpiritanga? Whakatakotoria ki runga i te kāri tīmatanga, ka pānui mai ai i te tāpiritanga hou. (Who’s got the solution to that addition? Put it on top of the start cards and read out the new addition problem.)
  • Māu e tīmata. Kōrerohia mai te tāpiritanga kei tēnā kāri. (You can start. Say the addition on that card.)
  • Tāpirihia te rua me te whitu, ka iwa. (Add 2 and 7 to get 9.)
  • E ono, tāpirihia te waru, ka tekau mā whā. (6 plus 8 equals 14.)
  • Whakatakotoria tō kāri ki waenganui. (Put your card in the middle.)
  • Kei a wai te otinga ki tēnā tāpiritanga? (Who’s got the answer to that addition.)

Download a file of this activity:

PDF (193KB)