Purpose:
You can help your child to develop instant knowledge of basic addition and subtraction facts from 6 to 10.
What you need:
Game cards (PDF,21KB). You can print these or make your own.
What to do:
Use the facts to 10 cards to play memory. The aim of the game is to find as many matching pairs as possible by remembering where the cards are.
- Spread out all the cards face down.
- Turn over 2 cards. If the 2 number facts have the same answer they match and players get to keep the pair. For example "9 – 1" and "6 + 2" are a matching pair. If the number facts don’t match, players replace the cards face down.
- Take turns to try and find a matching pair.
- The winner is the player with the most pairs at the end of the game.
You can also use the game cards as flash cards.
- Put the cards in a pile face down.
- Ask your child to turn over the top card and call out the answer to the number fact as fast as possible.
What to expect your child to do:
Children might use their fingers to help at first, but with practice they should be able to give the answers to the addition and subtraction facts instantly.
He Kupu Māori:
fraction | hautau |
decimal fraction | hautau ā-ira |
percent | ōrau |
decimal number | tau ā-ira |
He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:
- Horahia ngā kāri, ko ngā mata ki raro. (Spread out the cards, face down.)
- Huripokia ētahi kāri e rua. Mēnā e taurite ana ngā kāri e rua, ka riro i a koe aua kāri. Ki te kore e taurite ngā kāri, horipokia anō ko ngā mata ki raro. Hei tauira o te takirua taurite: ‘9 – 1’ me te ‘6 + 2’ nā te mea he ōrite te otinga o tēnā me tēnā. (Turn over two cards. If they are matching you get to keep those cards. If they don’t match, turn them face down again. As an example of a matching pair ‘9 – 1’ and ‘6 + 2’ because each has the same answer.
- Your turn first. (Kei a koe i te tuatahi.)
- My turn now. (Kei a au ināianei.)
- Kei a wai ngā takirua taurite maha rawa atu? Ko koe te toa! (Whose got the most matching pairs? You win!)
Download a file of this activity:
PDF (188KB)