Card Games
- emilycarminmerrett
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min read
Quick, easy games to build fluency in addition and subtraction skills for students. You will need to gather a deck of playing cards, take out the face cards (K, Q, J, and Jokers). Use the Ace as the number 1. Your deck should then contain all suits ranging from numbers 1 (Ace) to 10.
Game 1: War
Playing war at home with your student will help reinforce which numbers are greater and which numbers are less than. Deal out cards so that there are no cards left. Each player will keep their deck face down. Flip one card over, each player will do this at the same time. Have your student explain how he/she knows which person wins that round. For example; student flips over a 2 and parent (other player) flips over a 10. The student will then explain who wins and how he/she reasoned this, the student may say "I know 2 is less than 10 because you count 2 before counting to 10." Explanations will vary, the important piece is the reasoning your student is doing in their mind.
Kindergarten Standards:
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
Game 2: Addition Practice
Using the same deck of cards and a white board (or scrap piece of paper) students can use the cards to build fluency within addition skills.
Step 1: Have the student draw two cards and lay them on a table. Next the student will write a plus sign (+) in between the two numbers, after the second number write an equal sign (=). You can choose to have your student write the numbers or leave the cards down. See picture below.
Step 2: Brainstorm ways to find the total of the two cards that were played. Some ideas may be to count all the objects that are seen on each card; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Your student may choose to draw shapes to represent each number or use everyday objects such as toys, crayons, etc. to illustrate their thinking. Some may choose to use their fingers to find the total.
In the picture below I choose to draw seven circles next to the equal sign, then drew two more circles and counted all to find the total.
Step 3: Repeat with another set of cards, have fun! Please be mindful that Kindergarten students should build fluency within 5, although working within 10 will prepare students more for 1st Grade. Meaning that you may have to assist if the two cards drawn (i.e. 6 + 9 = ?) equal a number higher than 10. If you feel that your student is up for a challenge let him/her tackle the teen numbers however, if it seems to be too much swap a card out (i.e. 6 + 3 = ?).
Kindergarten Standards:
Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
Fluently add and subtract within 5.
Game 3: Subtraction Practice
Just as in the other two games, you will need a deck of cards with face cards separated out and a piece of scrap paper or dry erase board.
Step 1: Have your student draw two cards and place them in front of him/her. You may need to assist in the order that cards are placed. For example; if a 2 and an 8 are drawn make sure the the 8 is placed first, then the 2. Yes, negative numbers are possible it is not a skill that kindergarten students need to know yet. Just as you had your student write in a (+) and (=) we will do the same here however, you will have your student write a minus sign (-) instead of a (+).
Step 2: Have your student draw out or use objects to show the total. In the picture below the total or whole is 7 therefore, I drew 7 circles beneath the problem.
Step 3: Now have your student take away the second number. If your student choose to draw shapes have them count and cross out each shape until the number matches the card. If your student used objects do the same, having them separate the groups. In my example I drew 7 circles then crossed out 2.
Step 4: Have your student count the remaining objects to find the missing part of the subtraction sentence. Your student can then write the complete number sentence.
Step 5: Repeat with another set of cards. Please be mindful that Kindergarten students should build fluency within 5, although working within 10 will better prepare students for 1st Grade.
Kindergarten Standards:
Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.
Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
Fluently add and subtract within 5.
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