Second Grade Math Kit

Find the activities below that correspond with the materials found in our Second Grade Math Kit. Please select the material before selecting the grade to make sure your search results only provide activities for the mats in your Second Grade Math Kit.

Bean Bag Decides

Have a student throw a bean bag on the floor mat. They will then hop to the bean bag alternating between one and two-footed movements. Have them pick up the bean bag and say the numeral underneath where the bean bag landed.
Grade 1

Make Ten

Say to your student, “Choose a number and walk to it.” Ask the student, “How many steps would you have to take to reach ten?” Have the student jump the number of boxes it takes to get to ten. For example, if a student chooses to stand on 6, the student answers that it would take four steps to reach ten (then the student walks and counts it out). Respond, “Yes, six plus four makes ten.” If the student answers incorrectly, have them count again.

Kindergarten, Grade 1

Clipboard Math

Clip a math worksheet on a clipboard. Have your students figure out the answers to the math problems by walking or jumping on the mat.

Kindergarten, Grade 1

Race-to-One

Have a student start at ten and roll one die. They will take the number of steps on the die. The next student will start at ten and do the same. The first student to reach exactly zero wins. If the roll of your die yields a number that causes you to surpass zero, go back to ten.

Kindergarten

Race-to-Ten

Have a student start at zero and roll one die. They will take the number of steps on the die. The next student will start at zero and do the same. The first student to reach exactly ten wins. If the roll of the die yields a number that causes them to exceed ten, go back to zero.

Kindergarten

Adding and Subtracting Numbers

Write addition and subtraction problems on index cards and have your students use the number line to help them solve the problems. If the math problem says 6+3, then they will stand on 6 and take 3 steps forward to 9! For subtraction problems, walk backward or count up. Make sure your students say the numbers out loud as they move on the mat.

Kindergarten

One to One

Have students count the dots on each square aloud, making sure they are counting one dot for each number they say. When they have counted every dot on a square they jump up and shout the number!

PreK, Kindergarten

Blast-Off!

Have your students pretend you are on a rocket ready for blast-off. Have one student start on the 10 and hop down the mat as the whole class counts down with them in Spanish. “10, 9, 8, 7, …2, 1, blast-off!” Have your students jump up and clap while saying “blast-off!”

PreK, Kindergarten

The Number Walk-Backwards

Counting backward is a prerequisite for subtraction. Encourage your student to start on ten and take steps to zero while saying the numbers!

PreK, Kindergarten

The Number Walk

Have your student take the number walk from zero to ten. As the student steps on each number, encourage them to simultaneously say the number name. If the counting gets ahead of the number your student is stepping on, encourage your student to go back and start over. Stepping on the number and saying the number name simultaneously is evidence of a student’s understanding of one-to-one correspondence, essential to all mathematical processes. Be sure your student’s stepping is in sync with them saying the number!

PreK, Kindergarten

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