Number Match
Learning Goals: Number Recognition, Spatial Sense, Partner Game, Teacher Directed.
- Provide numbers between 1 and 30 on 2 sets of cards (each set is a different colour), placed in a square grid format.
- Children have to flip one coloured card and see if they can find the same number on the other coloured card.
- After a few rounds, they can try and remember where they saw a certain number.
- Students can play in partners and compete to get the most pairs!
- Different coloured cards with various representations of numbers on them (i.e., numerals, number words, tally marks)
- Supporting PDF, found here
- This activity encourages number sense and spatial sense by encouraging children to recognize a number and remember where they may have seen it on the grid.
- Playing with a partner ensures that they are paying attention to their partners' turn to see which number is placed where.
