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Bean Bag Decides

Place an end sound card at the top of the mat. Have a student throw a bean bag on the Word Blending mat. Be sure the bean bag lands on one box. Have them hop to the bean bag, alternating between one and two-footed hops. Have them pick up the bean bag and blend the […]

Mad Word Hatter

Create word cards that contain the initial sounds on your mat. Place the cards in a large hat or a box. A student draws a word and then hops on the mat to the corresponding initial sound box. When the student finds the initial sound of the word, have them shout out the word (if […]

Two Parts Makes a Whole

Have students jump from part to part then to a whole. As they hop to the whole, they will say, “Two parts make a whole.”

Addition

Have the students put varying amounts of popsicle sticks on each square that says “part”, count them, and then add them together to make a whole. Making the sum out of the correct number of sticks and putting it on the “whole”. Have a second student check their work by counting the parts and seeing […]

Subtraction

Have the students put popsicle sticks on the “whole” square and one “part” square. Then, have them subtract the amount of “part” sticks from the “whole” to determine the other “part.”

How Many Combinations?

Place blocks/sticks in the “whole” square. Have students work together to see how many different combinations of parts they can make to equal the same whole. Continue with many different “whole” numbers. For example, if 8 is the whole, the parts could be 1 and 7, 2 and 6, 3 and 5, 4 and 4.

Dice Decide

Have students roll two dice (the larger the better). Place one of the dice in each “part” on the mat. Have students add together the number of dots on both dice and place a number with the total on the whole section of the mat.

Make Five

Place a 5 (on a notecard, a printed number card, popsicle sticks, etc.) in the “whole” section on the mat and a number less than 5 in one of the parts. Have the student find the missing part. Practice several different combinations.

Make Ten

Place a 10 (on a notecard, a printed number card, popsicle sticks, etc.) in the “whole” section on the mat and a number less than 10 in one of the parts. Have the student find the missing part. Practice several different combinations.

Make Twenty

Place a 20 (on a notecard, a printed number card, popsicle sticks, etc) in the whole part on the mat and a number less than 20 in one of the parts. Have the student find the missing part. Practice several different combinations.