These 12 add & subtract games will make teaching & practicing maths skills fun in reception and year 1 and 2. They are No prep - just print & you are ready to play and develop mastery of addition and subtraction facts to 5, 10 and 20. Easy setup and student instructions make these activities perfect for independent games, centres, fun homework and supply days
Who can get to the end first? The games are easy to play - roll the die, move your counter and solve the addition or subtraction calculation. Your students will practice their maths skills, working out the answers and checking with other players if they are correct
Differentiation is simple as there are 12 games with challenges for adding and subtracting from 20. These have harder calculations by ‘crossing 10’ e.g. 8 + 5. Students won’t realize how much they are getting better at these key maths skills.
12 games with a fun seaside theme:
- Add to 5
- Subtract from 5
- Subtract & add to 5
- Add to 10
- Subtract from 10
- Subtract & add to 10
- Add to 20
- Add to 20 - Challenge
- Subtract from 20
- Subtract from 20 - Challenge
- Subtract & add to 20
- Subtract & add to 20 - Challenge
There is also a version using a dyslexic font which has less clipart and a simpler background as is recommended for people with dyslexia, this may well help some of your students.
Great for you:- Prep is easy and quick - print and play
- Prep for dice - print, cut out, fold and glue as shown in the illustration
- Prep for spinners - print and use a pencil and paper clip
- Teachers’ notes with suggestions on how to structure the lesson
- Great for differentiation - use higher numbers or challenges to make this harder, provide manipulatives such as counters to make this easier
- Add games to your maths centre - put the games, dice and markers together and they are ready to play
- Ideal as an independent activity as part of a lesson
- Great for fun homework with family & friends
- Use them for early finishers
- Leave them in your tuff tray for students to play with or have them out as child-initiated activities
- Ideal if you need a quick resource e.g. for substitute days
- Cute ‘beach’ clipart makes resources engaging
- Games are ideal for 2 - 4 players
- Games are easy to play
- Instructions/ directions are included
- Games have a competitive element so students will be engaged
- Players will check each other’s adding & subtracting skills and therefore be learning together. Encourage students to discuss how they worked out the answers - verbalizing this helps them to clarify their thinking.
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