Here’s the thing when I pull my students away from free choice, I better have something rad for them to do… so I have to make it fun and appealing. Eventually, all these prompts and counting will help develop addition and subtraction skills.Īfter using these Halloween ten frame cards in my small group time, I pop them in my math center during free choice. At a basic level, that is that 3 is less than 10. We want children to start to understand all of these numbers in relation to ten. Now I’ll say something about the empty squares – depending on the child, I may say, ” Are there lots of empty squares left or just a few?” or maybe if the child’s number sense is a little more developed, I’ll say”How many empty squares are there? If we fill them how many erasers will there be?” or “How many more erasers do we need to fill all the squares and get to ten?” Remember, what we are modeling with these questions is number sense. A skill that is vital not only for math but for reading too. This helps to develop and reinforce the concept of one-to-one correspondence. Before I move on, I’ll connect that number to the frame, saying something like, ” We filled three of the ten squares.” then place that same number of mini erasers on the frame, making sure to place them in individual squares.
Next, together we count the number we see on the card on our fingers. Left to right, then sweep down and count the lower row to ten. When I introduce a child to a ten-frame activity like this PreK Halloween math activity, we count all ten squares in the frame no matter what number is on the card. If I laminate them, I can use painter’s tape and tape them to a tray to keep them from blowing away. I like to laminate my ten frame cards because I use them a lot and use them outside ( because of covid, we do a lot of learning outside). You will need ten frame cards like mine, some mini erasers ( Dollar Tree and Target are the best places for these), a tray, and a little bowl. Still, activities like this PreK Halloween math activity will help create a strong foundation for that learning later on. In early childhood, we don’t need to teach our students explicitly about place value. Are you familiar with ten frames? If you aren’t, those little grids are useful tools for understanding number sense, specifically in relation to ten. One of the Halloween-themed math activities I am planning for next month is these Halloween ten frames. During our second free-choice period in my classroom, I pull students outside for small group, aka teacher table activities. I am thrilled to be returning full-time to PreK this year after many years of younger students and teaching multi-age last year.
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