Instill number recognition with this frog-themed math game. To create the game, clean out and remove the labels from a plastic Parmesan cheese can. If the lid of the can is not already green, paint it green and glue googly eyes to the top of it, opposite the opening, making the top of the can look like the face of a frog. Purchase toy flies, or print or draw picture of flies on small pieces of paper and distribute an amount of flies to each child. On index cards, write numbers and place the cards in a face-down pile. One child at a time takes a card from the pile and places an amount of flies from her pile that corresponds to the number printed on the card into the can. For example, if a child has a card with the number five printed on it, she would place five flies into the can. The first child with no more flies left wins the game.
Children pretend they are frogs hopping on lilypads in this math game. Cut pieces of green construction paper to look like lilypads and draw numbers on each one -- the numbers should represent the sums of addition problems. Spread the lilypads out on the floor. On index cards, write addition problems that correspond with the numbers written on the lilypads. Hold up an addition problem and the first child to "hop" onto the lilypad that displays the correct answer to the problem earns a point. The child who earns the most points wins the game.
Create a frog-themed file folder game that helps promote one-to-one correspondence in children. On the inside of a file folder, draw pictures of lilypads and on each lilypad, draw an amount of dots. Print out and cut out pictures of frogs and on the back of each frog, write a number that corresponds to the dots on each lilypad. To play, children must match the frogs to the lilypads. For instance, a frog that has the number "3" printed on it should be matched to the lilypad with three dots.
Use frogs to practice creating patterns. Provide children with different colored frog toys or pictures. On the board, write an example of a number pattern (1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, for example). Children must use their frogs to recreate the numerical pattern and the first child to do so wins the round of the game. In the given example, a child may make a pattern of green frog, yellow frog, green frog, yellow frog. Continue playing the game, showing children cards that illustrate different numerical patterns with each round. The child who wins the most rounds of the game wins.