Purpose:
To help your child to learn the doubles to 10.
What you need:
Socks or shoes - Items that come in pairs (drumsticks, knitting needles, earrings, hair ties)
What to do:
Get 5 pairs of socks.
Pick up one pair of socks and ask your child:
- How many socks are in one pair?
Repeat with the other pairs asking:
- How many socks are in two pairs? three pairs? four pairs? five pairs?
- Ask your child how many shoes would be in three pairs?
Explain to your child pairs are the same as doubles.
- Ask them what is double one? Two? Three? Four? Five?
What to expect your child to do:
Initially your child may need to count the items. They should progress to instantly recalling the doubles for 1 – 5.
Variation:
- Make matching pairs together
- Look for opportunities to practice recalling the doubles of numbers 1 – 5.
For example:
Three people have taken their shoes off at the door - How many shoes are there? Two drummers have a pair of drumsticks each - how many drumsticks?
He Kupu Māori:
| sock/s | tōkena |
| double | rearua (-tia) |
| pair of socks | takirua tōkena |
He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:
- Kotahi te takirua tōkena. E hia katoa ngā tōkena? (One pair of socks. How many altogether?)
- E rua ngā takirua tōkena. E hia katoa ngā tōkena? (Two pairs of socks. How many altogether?)
- He ōrite te takirua me te rearua. (Pairs and doubles are the same.)
- He aha te rearua o te toru? (What is double of three?)
- Rearuatia te whā, ka hia? (Double four is how many?)
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