Facts to 10 – Memory and Flash Cards

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:

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)