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Crafts for the Number Ten

Before a child can take on any mathematical endeavor, she has to learn numbers; how to recognize them, how they are ordered and how to say them. Aiding in this process, especially for multi-sensory learners who are at their best with hands-on projects, is craft-making.
  1. Number Ten Wheel

    • Have the student draw a ten-sided shape (decagon) on a piece of paper. Have him draw ten lines from each point of the shape into its center, making 10 triangles. Help the student come up with interesting facts or observations about the number ten. Perhaps the student will notice that it comes after number nine, or that there are ten students in class wearing T-shirts. Give the student freedom to come up with his own observations, so long as they are about the number ten. Help the student write one observation in each of the triangles.

    Jigsaw Ten

    • Give students a piece of heavy paper or poster board printed with a large 10 with hollow numerals. Let the students color in the numerals as they like. Cut the piece of paper in half lengthwise, and cut each half into five pieces -- for a 10-piece puzzle. Students can then reassemble their colored 10s.

    Ten Flowers and Counting

    • Give a child a piece of paper with 10 outlined flowers on it and a place next to each to write a number. Each time the child colors a flower, he fills in the number too, until all of the flowers are completed and numbered, 1 to 10, in consecutive order.

    Ten Ice Cream Scoops

    • For children at the pre-school level or younger, give them a picture of an ice-cream cone. Then, provide the child with a sheet of sticker-cutouts of ice cream scoops. Let the child place the multi-colored scoopes onto the cone. The challenge of the craft will come from the student counting out ten ice-cream scoops.

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