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Additive Comparisons

Use the Add/Subtract mat to solve word problems involving multiplying or dividing. Mark off the multiples of a factor given with markers on the mat. Add the multiple the number of times given in the problem. Point out that they just multiplied by adding repetitively.

Arithmetic Patterns

Have your students begin by starting off the mat at “0”. Add five, step on that number, and place a marker on it. Continue throughout the mat marking and adding five. After marking each multiple, step off the mat and discuss the pattern (if any) the markers make. (Can be done with any multiple.)

Estimation

Materials(s): Count to 10 Mat, Add/Subtract Mat Using the Count to 10 Mat and the Add/Subtract Nat, give students addition questions to answer, first by estimating (Count to 10) and then exact (Add/Subtract). For example, ask, “What is 31 + 68”. First, they round both to the closest 10 and add getting 100. Then ask […]

Money Madness

Materials: 4 round baskets (e.g. laundry baskets), Add/Subtract Mat or Hundred Number Grid, Large Laminated Coins, or Play Money Download Digital Coins: Pennies | Nickels | Dimes | Quarters

Time Conversion Minutes to Hours

Write several different amounts of minutes on index cards (in multiples of 60). Have students take turns picking a card. They then use the mat to convert the number of minutes to hours. Have them start above the 12 on the mat and state how many minutes are on their card. Then, walk the full […]

Time Conversion Hours to Minutes

Write several different amounts or numbers of hours on index cards. Have students take turns picking a card. They then use the mat to convert the number of hours to minutes. Have them start above the 12 on the mat, walk the full perimeter, and say, “60 minutes” when they get back to the start. […]

Triangle Match

Have a student toss a bean bag onto the mat (cover all but the first three squares). Then have three students make a triangle of the type it lands on by lying on the floor.

Mystery Dinosaur

Give clues and have the students find the mystery dinosaur on the mat. Clues could include

Alphabetical Order

Have students jump on each dinosaur in alphabetical order.

Letters

Have the students jump down the mat as they say the first letter of each dinosaur’s name.