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Paper Plate Addition Game

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Practice makes perfect, right?

I know that’s true when it comes to math. Practicing addition, subtraction, and multiplication all help your child become proficient.

It always seems like the default way to practice math is with flash cards. But, today, we’re going to ditch those flash cards (for good) and practice math with this fun Paper Plate Addition Game.

It’s easy to make and you can play it over and over again.

This simple paper plate addition game is a great hands on tool to help your child practice math skills while having lots of fun.

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Supplies Needed for Paper Plate Addition

Paper plate
Black marker
One or two dice
Small sticky notes
Small manipulatives, such as buttons, mini erasers, or coins

Make a simple DIY paper plate addition game to help your child practice math skills like addition and subraction. Fun for the classsroom and home.

How to Make This Math Addition Game

Use your black marker to draw a line across the center of your plate. Next, draw a line to divide the top half in half again. See the picture above for an illustration.

Write a plus sign on one of the sticky notes. If you also want to practice subtraction, write a minus sign on another sticky note.

Place your sticky note on the line dividing the top half of your paper.

Gather your dice and your buttons. It’s time to for some math addition practice.

Make a simple DIY paper plate addition game to help your child practice math skills like addition and subraction. Fun for the classsroom and home.

How to play Paper Plate Addition:

Roll one die. Place that number of buttons in the first section of your plate.

Roll the die again. Place that number of buttons in the second section.

Add the two sections together and put the correct number of buttons in the bottom half of the plate.

Remove the buttons and play again.

You can play over and over again as much as you want!

Make a simple DIY paper plate addition game to help your child practice math skills like addition and subraction. Fun for the classsroom and home.

More ways to play:

Practice subtraction: Roll two dice to find your numbers in the top section. Subtract the numbers and place the correct amount of buttons in your bottom section.

Add bigger numbers: Use two dice instead of one to add bigger numbers.

Practice specific math fact families: Are you practicing +2 facts? Always start with 2 buttons in the first section and roll a die to find the second number. Then add the two together. You can practice any set of math facts this way.

How would you use this paper plate addition game?

Make a simple DIY paper plate addition game to help your child practice math skills like addition and subraction. Fun for the classsroom and home.

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LEGO Number Line Addition Practice at Royal Baloo

Make a simple DIY paper plate addition game to help your child practice math skills like addition and subraction. Fun for the classsroom and home.

Fun hands-on math resources

When we practice math at home, we love to play games. These games are so much fun and a great hands-on activity. Plus, it’s a great way to combine a family activity with learning. Check out some of these awesome math games below:

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Hands-On Perimeter Activity: Perimeter Lab

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Measurement is more than just grabbing a ruler and measuring the length of an object. There’s width, weight, circumference, area, perimeter, and more, so much more.

I love measurement activities because they’re so often hands-on activities, and this idea is no exception.

This perimeter activity is a fun invitation you can quickly set-up so your child can practice measuring and calculating.

Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. They'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

So, grab a few items and let’s create a Perimeter Lab.

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Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. The'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

Set-up your perimeter activity

Set-up is so easy!

First, you’ll need some measurement tools: a ruler, pencil, and your perimeter lab recording sheet.

Click this link to download your perimeter lab recording sheet.

You’ll also need a variety of things to measure. Choose items of various sizes that are rectangular or square. Look for books, boxes, board or card games. You could also cut pieces of paper into different sized squares or rectangles.

Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. The'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

Does your child already know how to find the perimeter or are they just learning?

If they already know, set them loose with this math invitation for a fun way to review perimeter.

They can use the recording sheet to walk through the process and find the perimeter of the different objects that you’ve set out.

But, if they don’t know, you can use the recording sheet to walk them through the process.

How do you find the perimeter of an object?

First, grab the ruler. You’ll want to measure side A, side B, side C, and side D of your rectangular object. (See the picture above for reference.)

After you’ve recorded all the measurements, add all the sides together to find the perimeter of the object.

Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. The'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

Variations of this perimeter activity

Since we’re just grabbing random objects to measure, you may want to alter this perimeter activity just a bit to fit with your child’s ability.

Depending on your child’s ability, you may want to have them round their measurements to the nearest inch or half-inch. If they’re comfortable with fractions or decimals, they can use more specific measurements.

If all you want to do is get comfortable with calculating perimeter, then getting exact measurements isn’t necessary.

Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. The'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

Check your work.

There’s no answer key to this project. You can pre-measure all the items (if you really want to) to create an answer key. Or, just look over the process and the answers to see if your child is correctly figuring perimeter. You can also have your child double-check their work.

Correct answers are important in math, but so is learning the process. Know the process first and then focus on finding the correct measurement later.

A Perimeter Lab is a fun way to learn the process behind calculating perimeter. You’re doing real-life measurements and not just looking at a drawing on a piece of paper. It’s fun, it’s hands-on, and it’s a great way to extend learning at home.

Explore measurement with this simple hands-on perimeter activity for kids, a Perimeter Lab math invitation. They'll measure, calculate, and have fun.

You may also like one of these math activities:

Math Paper Plate Games

Measuring with Hearts

Number Line Secret Codes

Architecture STEM: Area and Perimeter City at Teach Beside Me

Fun hands-on math resources

When we practice math at home, we love to play games. These games are so much fun and a great hands-on activity. Plus, it’s a great way to combine a family activity with learning. Check out some of these awesome math games below:

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Counting to 100 Activities for Kindergarten

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Before a child can learn to add, subtract, multiply, or any number of math concepts, they need master counting. 

These fun counting to 100 activities are all fun ways to master counting from 1 to 100. Some of these are fun games, others get your kids outside while they learn, and others help with their fine motor skills. 

And, with every single one of these activities, your child will have fun while they learn.

Help your kindergartner with math at home with one of these hands-on counting to 100 activities to help your child with counting by ones and tens.

By the time your child is through with kindergarten, they need to master this skill. 

These counting to 100 activities will help your child master counting both by ones and skip counting by tens.

There are approximately 1 million ways to learn this skill. (Okay, 1 million may be an exaggeration,but there are still a lot of ways!) Choose activities that best suit your child. Try one of these ideas for practice at home.

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Help your kindergartner with math at home with one of these hands-on counting to 100 activities to help your child with counting by ones and tens.

Movement Counting by 100 Activities

1,2,3 Counting Maze –Take this preschool activity from Hands-On as We Grow and expand on it for your kindergartner. Make a big maze all the way to 100 or practice chunks that your child may be struggling with (for example 60-80). No matter what, it’s a fun way to learn outside.

Counting Walk –This is another preschool activity that can be adapted to help kindergartners work on counting to 100. Instead of counting mailboxes, try to count the leaves on a tree. You can even count your steps until you reach 100.

Dance to 100 –Get your wiggles out with a fun song. You can find several fun choices on YouTube, like the Count to 100 Song by Kiboomu and Counting to 100 by GPA Learn.

Go on a Counting Scavenger Hunt – Search for all the number from 1 to 100 and put them in order with this fun scavenger hunt, which includes printable numbers, from Creekside Learning.

100 Cup Challenge –Can you make a tower with 100 cups? Knock it down (grab the Nerf guns for this part) and build it up again. Make sure you practice counting to 100 while you’re having fun with this activity from Busy Kids, Happy Mom.

Driveway Hundred Chart –Create a giant hundred chart on your driveway and use it to play some fun counting games.

Help your kindergartner with math at home with one of these hands-on counting to 100 activities to help your child with counting by ones and tens.

Fine Motor Counting to 100 Activities

Paper Clip Math –Use this fun idea with paper clips from Sugar Aunts to practice counting. It’s perfect for kids who need some extra fine motor practice.

Count Small Objects –Choose one of more of these objects and practice counting.For additional fine motor practice, move the items in and out of a container while you’re counting.

100 Puzzle – Make a simple DIY hundred puzzle. It’s easy and a fun way to practice over and over again. Scroll down to the middle of this post from Miss Giraffe’s Class to find out how to make one.

Counting to 100 Activities with a Hundred Chart

The Basics: How to Use a Hundred Chart –Why are we using a hundred chart? Check this post for a primer on the hundred chart. Plus, you can find a printable hundred chart you can use in many activities.

Roll to 100 –Print out a hundred chart to play this fun game from Kitchen Floor Crafts. It’s easy to play and covers both counting to 100 by ones and tens. You can find a printable hundred chart here.

LEGO Hundred Chart Check out this post at Stir the Wonder to find out how to make your own LEGO Hundred Board. During the building process, you’ll learn to put the numbers in order from 1 – 100. The best part is you can use this as a puzzle and build it again and again.

Jingle All the Way to 100 –This fun hundred chart based game at Simple Kinder has a Christmas theme, but you can change out the game pieces and play it anytime.

Help your kindergartner with math at home with one of these hands-on counting to 100 activities to help your child with counting by ones and tens.

Can You Paint 100 Colors? –Combine math and art with this lovely idea from NurtureStore. Create your colorful hundred chard and use it for many activities.

Sticky Hundred Chart Take the hundred chart to another level with this fun idea from Coffee Cups and Crayons. You can use it over and over again.

Rainbow Math Popsicle Stick Hundred Chart –Go to Sugar Aunts to find out how to make this colorful tool that will help you with both counting by ones and by tens.

Wacky Mixed Up Hundred Chart – Can you put the hundred chart back together? Practice your counting skills while you solve this puzzle inspired by the Dr. Seuss book, Wacky Wednesday.

Hundred Chart Missing Number Game – Guess which number is hidden with this simple hundred chart game.

You can find even more fun ideas at this post, Fun Hundred Chart Games and Activities.

Read a Counting Book

I love that there are great books that will reinforce math skills. Here are some fun choices for counting to 100.

100 Snowmen by Jen Arena

I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words by Michael Frith

100 Days of Cool by Stuart J. Murphy

From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat

100 School Days by Anne Rockwell

One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes

Curious George Learns to Count from 1 to 100 by H.A. Rey

Help your kindergartner with math at home with one of these hands-on counting to 100 activities to help your child with counting by ones and tens.

Skip Counting to 100 Activities

Jump to 100 –Grab the couch cushions and get ready to move with this fun jumping game from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas where you practice counting by 10.

Sidewalk Chalk Skip Counting –Learn to play Skip Counting Hopscotch and Skip Counting Rings at Playdough to Plato. Both can be easily adapted for counting by 10.

Skip Counting Bookmarks –Keep a bookmark handy to review your skip counting by tens facts. 3 Dinosaurs has a printable set of all the skip counting facts and you can easily print out the ones you need.

Skip Counting by 10 with Bottle Caps –Use pony beads and bottle caps to make a visual representative of 100 with this idea. This is a great way to learn skip counting and also works fine motor skills.

Skip Counting Store –Set up a simple pretend play store designed to practice skip counting. All the prices are multiples of 10!

Count to 100 Basketball Game –You can find this fun sports-themed printable game at A Little Pinch of Perfect. You’ll count up to 100 using groups of ten.

Skip Counting with The Cat in the Hat –Practice counting by 10’s with this simple DIY puzzle game.

Super Hero Skip Counting –Super hero fans will have a lot of fun with this simple idea from Sugar Aunts. It can be easily adapted for kindergartners who need to practice counting by tens to 100.

Pick your favorite counting to 100 activities and have fun while you practice at home.

You may also like one of these math activities:

One Fish Two Fish Number Match

Paper Plate Addition

Counting on Card Game

Fun Number Line Activities for Kids

Must have counting resources:

Whether it’s a game or a set of fun counting bears, there are so many fun resources to purchase to help your child with this skill. My favorite was always playing the game, Chutes and Ladders. Check out all the fun resources below:

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Christmas Tree Number Hunt Activity for Toddlers

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Go on a festive Christmas themed hunt for numbers. Toddlers will love this Christmas tree number hunt.

It’s perfect for practicing number recognition. Or put the Christmas trees in order to make a number line.

And when you’re done counting, check out all our other simple and fun activities for toddlers. 

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

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Christmas Tree Number Hunt for Toddlers

You’ll need green and brown paper, glue, and markers to make the Christmas trees for this activity. You could also laminate the trees using contact paper or laminating sheets.

Cut Christmas trees out of green paper. I used a simple triangle shape. Add a trunk to your trees using rectangles of brown paper and glue.

Use markers, to write a number on each of the Christmas trees. We used the numbers 1-10.

Hide the Christmas trees around the room.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

For toddlers, it’s a good idea to hide them in plain sight.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

You can vary the height of your hiding locations or slightly hide the trees under something.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

If your toddler is struggling with finding a Christmas tree, give him a clue.

Say: look near the couch, or can you find the number by the window?

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

When your toddler finds a Christmas tree number, ask him what number it is.

If he doesn’t know the number, say it and have him repeat the number after you.

Place the Christmas tree off to the side.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

Keep hunting for numbers and saying their names.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

Make a Christmas Tree Number Line

Once you have found all of the numbers, it’s time to sort them.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

Ask your toddler to find a number one at a time.

Start with 1 and work your way to 10.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

Place the numbers in a line.

Have fun counting and learning number recognition with this fun and easy to prep Christmas tree number hunt activity for toddlers.

Once your Christmas tree number line is complete, point to each tree and say the numbers together.

Hide the trees and go on a Christmas tree number hunt all over again. My kids like to take turns hiding the trees for each other. If they hide the trees really well, they have to give clues.

Do more activities for toddlers!

It’s so beneficial to have fun activities to do with your toddler. My friend Jamie from Hands On As We Grow has got a great free 7-Day Toddler Activity Challenge. You’ll have fun and make memories with these age-appropriate and simple activities. They’re the best! You can follow this link to sign up for the FREE 7-Day Toddler Challenge.

More Christmas Tree Activities for Kids

Baking Soda Painted Christmas Trees at Inspiration Laboratories

Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids

Fun Christmas Math Activities for Kids

Scrunched Paper Christmas Trees at Crafts on Sea

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Fun Christmas Math Activities for Kids

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I don’t know about you, but I love to get a little festive this time of year with everyday things – like math practice.

So let’s practice counting, counting, patterns, symmetry, addition and more while getting in the Christmas spirit. We’ll use candy canes, reindeer, and make Christmas trees.

You’ll love all of these Christmas Math Activities. They’re so much fun and perfect for learning during the holiday season.

Make math fun this holiday season with one of these Christmas math activities for kids. You'll find activities for both preschoolers and elementary kids.

Whether you’re looking for ideas for your preschoolers or your elementary kids, you’ll find something fun here. I found great counting games, fun geometry games, addition practice and more.

Keep reading for all the fun Christmas math activities.

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Preschool Christmas Math Activities

Get a little fine motor practice while using a hole punch to do this simple Christmas Tree counting activity from Sugar Aunts.

Practice counting with this Gingerbread Cookies Counting Tray from Teach Me Mommy.

Explore patterns with this simple Candy Cane Pattern activity from This Reading Mama (comes with a free printable).

Have some sweet counting fun with this simple M&M Christmas tree counting activity from Umbrella Tree Cafe.

Practice counting and ordering with this Evergreen Tree Math Game from Mom Inspired Life.

Count and have fun with this two-player Jingle Bell Math Game from Fun-A-Day.

Do some simple adding and counting while you build a snowman with this fun activity from And Next Comes L.

Use Christmas bows to practice sorting by size with this simple measurement activity from Learning 4 Kids.

Practice number matching and counting with this Christmas Tree counting activity (that would make a great busy bag) from Mom Inspired Life.

Play with a fun Christmas tree geoboard. Fun-A-Day shows you how to make and use this simple foam tree geoboard.

Elementary Christmas Math Activities

Use candy canes to practice symmetry with this fun activity from Fantastic Fun and Learning.

Have you heard of Pascal’s Triangle? Explore this pattern activity with this fun Christmas tree activity from Teach Beside Me.

Create a Christmas tree out of Sierpinski fractal triangles with this STEAM activity at What Do We Do All Day.

Explore tally marks with this fun Candy Cane math game from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Practice your estimation skills with this simple LEGO math activity from Little Bins for Little Hands.

Explore tangrams with this fun (and yummy) Christmas Cookie Tangram activity from Left Brain Craft Brain.

Learn about fractions with this Snowman Fractions game from Teach Beside Me.

Explore a hundred chart and practice simple addition while playing Jingle All the Way to 100 from Simply Kinder.

Practice circular measurement, pattern making, and more with this beautiful STEAM Math Stars activity at Nurture Store.

Race your reindeer along a number line with this fun and simple Racing Reindeer game from Mom Inspired Life.

Hope you have a festive and fun time with all these Christmas math activities!

You may also like one of these fun Christmas Activities:

Christmas Science: Grow the Grinch’s Heart

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The Best Salt Dough Ornaments for Kids

Christmas Science Experiments for Kids

My Must-Have Math Resources:

Sometimes, as much as you want to prep a fun hands-on math activity, you just don’t have the time. That why I love having a few math games on hand.

Here are some great options. Your kids will have so much fun that they won’t realize how much they’re learning.

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