Math and Addition Fun!

Kids love playing games. So I thought of a way to teach C math and simple addition by using a couple of games. Here are the details below.

Fill the Fruit Jar

To play this game, you will need:

- Dice

- Print out of the Fruit Tokens

- Print out of the Fruit Jar (to place the fruit tokens in)

Basically, players take turns to roll the dice. Whatever number is rolled indicates the number of fruits we have to place in the jar. C had a great time deciphering the number shown on the dice, and counting the fruits to be placed into the jar.

C busy counting the fruit tokens.

C counted 4 correctly!

This is also a fantastic activity to introduce the different types of fruit to your child!
You can download the free printable game here : Fill the Fruit Jar Game

Monkey Addition

Well, based on the Chinese Zodiac, it's going to be the Year of the Monkey soon. So here's one way to welcome the upcoming Lunar New Year!

You will need to:

1. Print out all 3 pages from the link below. The 3 pages include 

- addition equations

- a counting template / board (p2)

- monkey tokens

2. Laminate all pages to make them durable. This is a game that you can use over and over again to help our kids understand simple addition.

3. Cut out the addition equations and monkey tokens.

Present an addition equation to your child. You can start with the simpler ones first if your child is new to addition. The idea is to use the cut out monkeys to help our kids visualize how addition is done. 

For example, if we have the equation 2+3, we can place 2 monkeys on the top row, and another 3 monkeys on the bottom row. We can then ask our kids to count ALL the monkeys on the board. They can see clearly that 2+3 is equals to 5. This game really helps C understand addition very well. Hope you will find this useful too!

Download the free Monkey Addition Game.