Number Mat

Inspired by our Colour mat, this project was completed by two students with very different abilities.

Student 1

Fine Motor
snipping strips of paper
applying glue with brush

Concepts colour - identifying, signing, choosing from choice of two and three
shape - circle, square
size - big, small (and signs)

Student 2

Fine Motor
gluing with paste and with glue stick using star punch to create stars

Concepts
counting the correct number of stars to match the numerals.
one-to-one correspondence
representing number in different forms
arrays
Combining colours to form new combinations (no two squares to be alike)

Putting it Together

We used a roll of brown wrapping paper as a base and used craft glue to attach the various squares. A good thing to do is to lay out the squares first and see if you can achieve a balance of colour and shape. After the glue had dried, black oil markers were used to outline squares.

Through our experience with the colour mat, we knew the width that we could safely make our mat and still have it fit through the laminator. Check with your school�s laminator before you lay out your design.

We again used velcro tabs on the back of them mat. This ensured that it would not slide over our carpet. Without some sort of fastening to the floor, this mat may be unsafe for students to walk over.

Activities using the number mat

Jump on a number and then find it's partner.
Jump around the mat landing on the numbers in order.
Place appropriate numbers of objects on appropriate squares (e.g. 5 counters on Number 5).

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