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This is a skip counting game. My students love it. I have them sit on their desks and have them skip count by 2s. They have the choice of saying 1 or 2 numbers. So, for example, the first person would say 2 or they can say 2, 4. If they say 2, the next person can say 4 or 4,6 and so on. The person who lands on 10 has to sit in their chair. You can do this with skip counting by 10s etc. or you can use this without skip counting. In Canada, we teach numbers in French, so I have done this as a French number learning exercise (if you land on 'dix' then you must take a seat).
When there are a handful of students left in the game, you can see the students become more strategic. They have a lot of fun with this exercise.
The last person left sitting on their desk wins!
Enjoy!
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A physical mental starter which gets children moving and helps them to learn their times tables too!
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Comments
Matt
24th March 2011
Thank you so much - this got me a good observation (am in my training year - GTP)
Mark Warner
24th March 2011
That's great news Matt. Well done - good luck with the rest of your training.
Rachiel H
28th December 2011
Did you do this as a whole class activity or a table activity? Thanks
Shamsa
10th April 2014
That is a good game. i love it and thanks
Ellie
11th October 2019
I had fun with my daughter she loved it and I took it to my class