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Friday, August 29, 2014

GoldFish Cracker Math


Goldfish Cracker Math
 
 

Kids of all ages love using Goldfish for counting activities. You can’t beat learning numbers and math with a yummy snack!

Material-

·         Egg Carton

·         Bag of Goldfish Crackers

·         Marker

What we are learning-

·         Counting 1-12

·         Written number match a certain quantity of crackers

What to do-

1.       Number the egg carton 1-12 in sequence

2.       Have children count out the right amount of Goldfish to match the written number in each space.

3.       After…..enjoy a yummy Goldfish snack together! You can work on subtraction skills by counting how many you start out with and how many are left after each bit. Great and easy way to introduce a new concept.

Additional fun-

Use the attached worksheet to work on graphing skills using colored gold fish. Graph and count out how many of each color you have in one handful of fish by coloring in the graph.