We use Number Cards to play Compare, Double Compare, Triple Compare, and the Magic Number Game. You are welcome to print and use these cards, but you can also use face cards, Rook cards, or any other cards you might already have that have numbers on them. The Number Cards are nice because they have pictures on the cards that correspond with the numbers. So, if your child needs a concrete representation of a number, these cards have them.
Here are some ways to use Number Cards:
To play The Magic Number Game, the first person picks up a card without looking at it and holds it up by his/her forehead. Then the first person guesses a number. The second person tells the first person if the card is greater than, less than, or equal to the guess. Then the second person holds up a card. Continue taking turns.
How we play Compare at school: The kids have a partner. As one partner pulls out a card, he/she says the number on the card. Then the other partner does the same. The partner with the highest card then says "me" and clears the cards. We play with the highest card partner saying "me" for a while and then we change and the partner with the lowest card says "me."
When you've got Compare down, try Double Compare. This time a partner pulls out two cards and adds them together. If your child needs to count all the objects on the cards, that is fine, but here are some goals we are working toward in first grade when adding:
-say the bigger number and count on the smaller number (for example, if you turn over an 8 and a 3, you would say, "8 and then 9, 10, 11")
-recognize that any time you add 1, it is just the next number up in counting
-recognize that 0 doesn't change the amount, it's the easiest number to add
-recognize combinations that make 10 (we call them 10 Friends) 0 and 10, 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5
-use 10 Friends when adding (for example, when you have 8+3, you know that 8+2=10, so 8+3 has to be 11 because 3 is one more than 2)
-use near doubles when adding (for example, when you have 7+6, you know that 6+6=12, so 6+7 has to be 13 because 7 is one more than 6)
If your child has effective adding strategies, just play and work on speed. Then you can try Triple Compare and add three numbers together. You can also play using subtraction. Just turn over two cards. Have your child identify the bigger number and the smaller number. Then take the smaller number away from the bigger number. Then the partner does the same.
Here are some ways to use Number Cards:
To play The Magic Number Game, the first person picks up a card without looking at it and holds it up by his/her forehead. Then the first person guesses a number. The second person tells the first person if the card is greater than, less than, or equal to the guess. Then the second person holds up a card. Continue taking turns.
How we play Compare at school: The kids have a partner. As one partner pulls out a card, he/she says the number on the card. Then the other partner does the same. The partner with the highest card then says "me" and clears the cards. We play with the highest card partner saying "me" for a while and then we change and the partner with the lowest card says "me."
When you've got Compare down, try Double Compare. This time a partner pulls out two cards and adds them together. If your child needs to count all the objects on the cards, that is fine, but here are some goals we are working toward in first grade when adding:
-say the bigger number and count on the smaller number (for example, if you turn over an 8 and a 3, you would say, "8 and then 9, 10, 11")
-recognize that any time you add 1, it is just the next number up in counting
-recognize that 0 doesn't change the amount, it's the easiest number to add
-recognize combinations that make 10 (we call them 10 Friends) 0 and 10, 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5
-use 10 Friends when adding (for example, when you have 8+3, you know that 8+2=10, so 8+3 has to be 11 because 3 is one more than 2)
-use near doubles when adding (for example, when you have 7+6, you know that 6+6=12, so 6+7 has to be 13 because 7 is one more than 6)
If your child has effective adding strategies, just play and work on speed. Then you can try Triple Compare and add three numbers together. You can also play using subtraction. Just turn over two cards. Have your child identify the bigger number and the smaller number. Then take the smaller number away from the bigger number. Then the partner does the same.
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