Greater/Less than Card Game

Reinforce mathematical vocabulary with the use of flash cards. Each card showcases a boldly typed word as well as a labeled picture representation of the word. Terms include addition, subtraction, greater than, less than, and more!

Support math vocabulary using a set of 25 flashcards. The set consists of a variety of bold-faced word cards and corresponding labeled picture cards. Terms include even numbers, regrouping, skip counting, and more.

Math games, especially in the primary grades, provide great opportunities for developing the number sense of young mathematicians. Working in pairs with a deck of single-digit cards, students take turns drawing two cards and reading the...

What fun, simple number value activities these are! Using dot cards and ten frames, 34 educational games are briefly described to help diversify these great strategies. For example, in the game "I Wish I Had..." the teacher holds up a...

Use the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games to guide your teaching of numbers to young learners. After counting to 10 as a whole class, discuss different ways numbers are used in the Olympics. Then, break the class into 10 groups, asking each one...

Get up and move with a set of cross-curricular activities designed for math, social studies, or science classes. Each physical education exercise is paired with a concept from a different discipline, including the geography of the Mali...

A math version of the game Hedbanz: Children hold number cards (1-10) to their foreheads facing away from themselves so others can see the card but they can't. Partners give clues about which number it is and the wearer has to guess....

Use connecting cubes (or any manipulatives) to help your charges build pairs of numbers to 31, and develop their understanding of greater than and less than. Partners build and compare numbers, and then list them in a chart with columns...

These activities on number relationships lend themselves nicely to math stations, as there are quite a few and most can be done independently. Consider pairing scholars as they move among activities. Although some activities reference...

Use buttons, cards, and dice to perform simple math problems! This inventive lesson should be quite engaging for young learners. Kindergarteners use buttons to help them understand the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to.