How to Make a Pre-K Math Game

Bingo Marker Patterns

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  Cut strips of manila paper 2 inches by 11 inches long, enough for each child to have several.

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  Cut strips of card stock paper that are 2 inches by 11 inches long for the master patterns.

• 3

  Using bingo markers, make colored dots on the card stock strips in different patterns. Make the patterns in a range from simple to difficult.

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  Laminate the patterned strips if you want them to last through more than one class.

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  Set up a station with the bingo markers and the patterned strips. Ask children to recreate the patterns on their manila strips with the bingo markers.

Sorting Shapes

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  Buy precut shapes or cut out a variety of 2-inch shapes in one color.

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  Use a word processing program to create the students’ sorting sheets. On a horizontally oriented page, make four horizontal boxes 2 inches tall and 10 1/2 inches wide.

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  Set up a station with all the paper shapes in one container. Have students make rows of the same shape by gluing down the shapes in their boxes.