Hands to Head, Head to Hands: Grades PreK-2

Abstract

• "Who Has"
• "I00s board"
• "Sumthing Else"
• "Game for Two, Three, or Four"
• "Done"
• "Find the Circle"
• "The Books on the Shelf"
• Adding Machine Tape
• "Fill It"
• Fraction Game
• End With a Song

"Who Has"   www.mathnstuff.com/papers/games/whohas/whole.htm

I have 7. Who has 3 less?

I have 4. Who has twice as many?

I have 8. Who has 5 more?

I have 13. Who has 1 less?

I have 12. Who has of this?

I have 6. Who has this less 1, divided by 5?

I have 1. Who has this multiplied by 9?

I have 9. Who has this plus 3, divided by 4?

I have 3. Who has double this, plus 4 more?

I have 10. Who has a dozen more?

I have 22. Who has this divided by 11?

I have 2. Who has this minus 2, times 6?

I have 0. Who has 19 more?

I have 19. Who has this plus 1, times 2?

I have 40. Who has this less 10?I have 30. Who has this divided by 6?

I have 5. Who has this plus 1, times 3?

I have 18. Who has this and 2 more?

I have 20. Who has double this and 1 more?

I have 41. Who has 2 less?

I have 39. Who has 5 less?

I have 34. Who has 1 more?

I have 35. Who has this minus 2?

I have 33. Who has double this?

I have 66. Who has this divided by 11, plus 5?

I have 11. Who has 6 more?

I have 17. Who has 3 less?

I have 14. Who has of this multiplied by 3?

I have 21. Who has this and 10 more?

I have 31. Who has this plus 4, divided by 5?

• "100s board"
  in naming numbers, bingo, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
   
  The Hundreds Board www.mathnstuff.com/papers/langu/100s/hintro.htm
  ISBN: 1-929870-00-0 1997. Azzolino, $ 15.00
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Sumthing Else"
  concentration-like: find match, find other number of pair
   
  
  
  
  
• "Game for Two, Three, or Four" www.mathnstuff.com/games.htm
  number family rummy: deal 5, draw to make family, discard
   
  
  
  
  
• "Done"
  Discard families only! Say "done" when done and play passes to next person.
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Find the Circle"
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "The Books on the Shelf" www.mathnstuff.com/papers/pre/book0.htm
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Adding Machine Tape
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Fill It" from Math Games for Adult and Child
  ISBN: 0-9623593-4-3, 90 pg., 1993 A. Azzolino, $ 20.00
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fraction Game
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
• End With a Song
  "The Three Times Tables" www.mathnstuff.com/papers/3times.htm
  to the tune of "Fr re Jacques"
  suggested by GRACE BURTON - U. of N. Carolina
  

Most Important Remarks

• Discuss This With Your Partner is the most valuable strategy!
   
• Introduce in the Most Concrete
   
• Debrief in the Most Abstract
   
• Regularly Require Translation from One Language to Another
   
• Good Stories Are Worth Retelling.
   
• Retell your mathematical stories in as many languages as possible.
   

© A2, 5/30/2003 www.mathnstuff.com/papers/h2h2h.htm