Purpose:
- To explore and develop children’s understanding of single digit numbers (0-9).
You need:
- Dough (dough recipe) (PDF, 61KB))
- Game board (PDF, 4KB)
- Digit cards 0 – 9 (PDF, 73KB)
Activity:
- Each child has a master card in front of them to begin the activity.
- Digit cards placed face down on the table.
- Child turns over the top card.
- The card is placed on the first space on the child’s master card.
- In the next space the child forms the shape of the number out of dough.
- In the third space the child forms a set out of dough to represent the number.
- In the fourth space the child collects a number of small objects to represent the number.
- The activity can be repeated with the next digit card.
Variations:
- Make cards of numbers to 20 for extension.