After doing the activity above use that information to make a bar chart with the class graphing their birth months.
Write the numbers 1-12 on cards/paper and have students place them beside their corresponding month. Then, have students jump down the mat saying the month and its ordinal number. For example, “January is the first month, February is the second month, etc.”
Which month? Have students use the mat to figure out the answer to the following types of questions. Have them jump down the mat to find which month is the answer or to check their answers if they think they already know. What month comes after May? What is two months before September? What is […]
Have students begin on START HERE. A student will jump on the word penny and say “penny.” Then, jump on the word nickel and say “nickel.” Have them continue to the end of the mat.
Have students begin on START HERE. A student will step on the penny and say “penny.” Then, step on the nickel and say “nickel.” Have them continue to the end of the mat.
Have students begin on START HERE. A student will hop on the 1¢, say, “one cent,” then hop on the word penny and say, “is equal to one penny*.” Next, they will hop on the 5¢, say, “five cents,” then hop on the word nickel and say, “is equal to one nickel.” Have them continue […]
Place a 10 dollar bill, a five-dollar bill, a one-dollar bill, a half-dollar, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny in a box or on the floor. (You can also print out fake money found on the following pages.) Have students match the bills and coins on the mat.
This activity helps students practice multiplication. Have students begin on START HERE and follow this pattern: Hop on the word ‘penny’ and say, “a penny is 1 cent. 1 x100=100.” Hop on the word ‘nickel’ and say, “a nickel is 5 cents. 5 x 20=100.” Hop on the word ‘dime’ and say, “a dime is […]
Have one student throw a bean bag on one of the words or pictures, penny, nickel, etc. For example, if the bean bag lands on the dime, all of the class does a physical activity (such as running in place or jumping jacks) while saying, “A dime is equal to ten cents.” Then, they will […]
Glue pictures of coins and bills on 3 x 5 (or smaller) cards*. Place the cards into a large hat or box. Have students choose a card from the hat. If the student chooses a card that has a picture of a quarter, for example, then they will hop to the quarter on the floor […]
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