Math Munching!

In math, we have been working very hard at addition.  This includes joining two groups of things together and then turning that information into a number sentence.  We have been practicing this several different ways.  Since most of these games involve cups, bowls and plates, we have been calling these math munching games!  Here are some of our favorites!

Bears in a Cave

For this activity, each kindergartener has 5 bears and a cave.  They have been practicing using a recording sheet to show different combinations of 5.  For example, if 3 bears are in the cave, how many are outside in the forest?  We then took those combinations and turned them into math problems!

Towers Building

Here, we roll a dice to see how many of one color cubes we will put together.  We then rolled again to see how many of another color cube we should build on top of our tower.  We would then draw the towers we created.  After counting the number of each colored cube, we were able to create number sentences, and then join the two numbers together to find the answer.  For example, 6 red cubes + 3 blue cubes = 9 cubes.

Addition Plate

Using plastic compartment plates, we used a dice to place different number red or yellow circles into the smaller compartments, and began to write our number sentences.  We would then pull both groups of circles into the larger compartment to find out how many we had all together!