Fun with numbers: counting games for Class

The aim is to avoid tedious. It 'been shown in many cases, that is, repeating the song in a fun way to teach the basics such as counting. You can break through physical exercise for children.

The following are some good tips and some ideas you can use as a base for your counting games:

Or themes:

Do you have a specific plan of lessons, around a visual aid or activities that count.

For example:

Taking the theme of apples.Maybe you could have the children eat slices of apple as a snack during your class. Tell each student that he or she get four slices of apple slices and count them.

If the class is more advanced, we can say, 'OK, we have 48 apple slices completely. There are twelve of us in class. So who can tell me how to get many apples slices each of you? "

Or maybe you could try something less complicated if, as we need, apple slices ten, and every apple is cutfive slices of apples. How many apples do we have apple slices or ten? "And if the group is older, you may ask," How about twenty? "And so on.

This type of counting games for children, in a case like this could also be a way to teach children colors - to compare how the different colors of apples are used, colors, apples are apples and then the colors do not are, etc.

or repetition

Repetition is very important when learning any skill at all.However, the repetition of particular importance for learning numbers, colors, letters, etc. games, activities and stories, where numbers are good games for the children repeated the count.

Games and lessons with repetition is also a foundation for children and the success of Their formative experience for the rest of their lives - a base from which all other learning models.

If you like the games count in the classroom, you should try to play games on a regular basisBasis. Choose games that regularly on the basis of the response of children to many games that you first use this introduction.

It is a fact that more children (or anyone for that matter) Repeat the same information, the more likely it will retain its memory.

O Rhymes

I believe that rhyming is one of the best methods, such as the use of counting games for students. learn the same way as children the alphabet by heart, the methods of rhyme and / orThe songs are unprecedented, as storage medium.

For example:

Sing a song about numbers with your students as follows:

Sing:

"One, two, three

Scrape your knee

four, five, six

resolved

seven, eight nine

Punctual

ten, eleven, twelve

for deepening bell! "

You can even hand movements with this kind of counting games for children, children often learn the song faster if you use hand gestures, moremakes the game more fun!

hand movements also makes the children from their homes for a while '- a little' break from sitting at a desk - which is good for them.

to include another example of a funny song:

This song, "The Bakery" is a reminder that a little 'back - though not yet been used in teaching, is to be very emotional and one of many games for children to count:

"Down by the School of bakery

There were nineDonut with a little 'sugar on top,

Along Came (child's name) all alone

(He or she '), red and ran home.

Then, of course, repeat until you are down to zero. This kind of games can be fun, to keep students' attention. It 'very exciting because you sing the name of a child is different each time.

If the class is too large for you to waste the name of every child, without too much time singing classes - turned. Sing half ofstudent's name in the song one day, and change to the other half of the class may again be a next time.