I plan to use the book, Jump Frog Jump and create a lily pad number line. I may have them go in pairs and they each choose a number and jump that many spaces. Does anyone have any ideas to add to this or any other ways to teach addition? Thanks.
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If you are sticking with a frog theme, then you could do an activity where each student is given a number of flies. You could use die cuts or poker chips, or whatever for the flies. So lets say some children have 1, or 2, or 3 or 4 flies, etc. Then you hold up a number, say 5, and the children must pair up with a partner to make that number. Then you can discuss that if the number was 5, then there are different combinations, like 1 +4, or 2+3.
This could be applied to any other story book. Just find items that match the story.
You could have Jane jump 3 spaces and then John could could jump 2 spaces, then ask the students how many spaces were jumped in all? I think the kids would enjoy it and learn at the same time. Its a great idea that I think I will use when my pre-k students, I mean using Jump Frog Jump and the lily pad number line. They love that story. Thanks for the idea!