Slap Cat Card Game
Playing cards and
keeping visual track of the action makes this an absorbing table project for
teaching counting.
Objectives
Children ages 4 ½-5 years can count to 10 and remember
amount Cog. IIIC
ages 4-5 can count to 5 and remember amount Cog. IIIC
and ages 1 ½-2 years can identify pictures of common objects Lang. IB
Materials
Number set cards--from
1-10, about 5 sets (cats, shapes, ducks, flowers, any symbol can substitute for
the card with cats); popcorn, cereal, raisins, token, etc.
Procedures
1. Have children sit around a small table with teacher. The
teacher will hold the deck of cards and flip them face up in the middle of the
table, one at a time.
2. Explain that when a card with cats on it is flipped up, they are to slap it.
Whoever does it first gets to count the number of cats and count out the same
number of food pieces.
3. Proceed in this fashion having children tune into the "cat cards".
Help younger child with verbal cues.
4. Give the other children one or two food pieces each also whenever a cat card
is properly slapped.
5. Reshuffle when the cards are used up. Children could take turns being
dealer. Variations
1. Slap other attributes: things that are round, things that make noise, are alive, have yellow on them, etc. 2. Give tokens for cards slapped. At the end of the game, tokens are "traded" for food.
3. Game works well without reards also.
4. For younger chidren, use cards with fewer pictures (i.e., 1-5). 5. Deal one card to first child, then second card to second child, etc. around the table: this takes some of the anxiety away.
6. Experiment with forms of funny penalties for children who purposely slap the wrong card.
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