How Many Ears on a Kangaroo? Sounds pretty silly, doesn't it? My 2nd graders thought so too, as they created tables to show how many ears are on more than 1 kangaroo! This recording sheet comes with picture manipulatives of owls, hands, stars, bears, bicycles, and kangaroos to help children visualize and fill in a table with intervals.
Once finished, ask the children to think of an object of their own and create a table for it. Examples might be: legs on chairs, tires on cars, fins on dolphins, crayons in boxes, shoes on horses, etc.
A great way to introduce multiplication, too!
This is also part of 41 activities in digital download form in "Fun-tastic Math Activities for Hands-On Learning" by Terry Palmieri, or on CD as part of 63 activities on "Fun-tastic Math! Centers for K-2". Both available here.
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Terry Palmieri specializes in the development and implementation of standard-based educational math and literacy activities for students in K - 2nd grade. During her 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher for students in the first three grade levels, she gravitated toward the use and development of interactive center activities to maximize learning. Positive feedback from colleagues who participated in her local and statewide workshops prompted Terry to share this experience-based expertise with other educators through her teacher-friendly math activity resources. Terry served as the Math Specialist in a Primary Project Child classroom with the Palm Beach County School Board for 5 years. She continues to develop standard-based educational math and literacy activities for students in K - 2nd grade. Her students' success with innovative interactive center activities and their enthusiasm for learning ignites her passion for continuous improvement.
