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1. Have the kids start by practicing making the number
1 in lots of different ways:
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2. Then ask them to make a page of different 3's while you do the same on the board.
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3. Add two zeros and a slightly wiggly 1 to a fat 3. You have a
snake. |
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4. Try turning some of the other 3's into a turtle, butterfly and an
alien.
Use other numbers.
5. What else could these 3's be?
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6. It is fun to take simple zero shapes and make them into familiar objects. |
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Ice cream cone |
Snowman |
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7. Try a flower from three 3's, two 0's, and one 6. |
Here is a swan from two 2's |
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8. As children become adept with these exercises, have them work with more complicated objects. You might suggest several numbers for the students to use.
9. Challenge the students to find objects in the room which contain the shapes of various numbers. Have them draw these objects.
10. Draw number shapes on the board and ask the children to make something out of these shapes using only numbers.
Example:
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Two 3's |
Rabbit |
