Cut out one 12-inch diameter circle out of a white color construction paper. Mark the circle with pen dividing it into four equal pieces. Leave the circle whole. This is your game board.
Cut out one 12-inch diameter circle out of a blue color construction paper. Mark the circle with pen dividing it into four equal pieces. Cut the pieces out. These are the game pieces.
Place the blue pieces on the white circle. You are now prepared to help the children interpret fractions. Have the children sit around the table.
Tell the children that there are four equal pieces. Instruct one child to take one piece. Tell the children that this is one of four pieces. Write one over four so the child can understand the relationship between the shapes and the way fractions are represented in numbers. Tell them this is said as one-fourth. Repeat this concept for half, and three-fourths.
Tell the child to your left to take half of the pieces on the board and give half of what she has to the next child. Ask that child how much she gave away. She should tell you one-fourth. Repeat this process daily until these three fractions are understood.
Create a separate game like the one above. However, this time divide it into eight pieces. This will allow the children to expand their knowledge of fractions up to eighths. When they have mastered eighths you can make an additional game which is cut into sixteen pieces and teach them sixteenths. Do not move up to a higher fractional game until they master the previous one.
Order a pizza for lunch with an alternative motive. The kids will be excited to eat pizza but you have another plan. Open the box. Depending on the amount of pieces, tell one child to take one-eighth or one-fourth of a slice out of the box. As they are eating, discuss the fractional parts of the pizza. When teaching children interpretations of fractions, be aware that frustrations with math are not uncommon. Even Albert Einstein had his difficulties. He stated, "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."