What Would I Use Number Cards For?
We use them for all kinds of things in our homeschool. Sometimes we use the whole stack of 100 and at other times I only pull out a set of 10 or 20. It mostly depends on the age of the child I’m working with. Here are a few of the ways we use them in no particular order:
- Practice number recognition
- Arrange in ascending and descending order
- Play math games (I need to write a post on all of the games we play, as we play several times a week.)
- Count by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s
- Use as a number line
- Choose which number comes next
- Set out a group of manipulatives, count the number of items, and find the corresponding card
- “Write” the date in numerals (example: 11-20-12)
- Adding & Subtracting
- “Write” their own equations
- Practice odds & evens
- Draw a card and practice writing that number in words
- Draw a card and practice writing tally marks
- Draw a card and practice writing that same number in Roman Numerals
- Place Value
