Education Development Center's Young Mathematicians kits provide teachers and parents with games that are fun, spark conversations, promote problem-solving, and support social-emotional learning.
The Games with Fingers & Counters Kit supports children’s understanding of early math concepts, from counting and cardinality to composing and decomposing numbers - the foundation of addition and subtraction. When children play math games with their fingers and with simple counters, they are strengthening their number sense and their ability to visualize numbers. These games are easy to play anywhere because you only need your fingers or some counters!
Game 1: Numbers, Numbers, 1, 2, 3
Game 2: Counting Together
Game 3: Copy My Dots
Game 4: Number Clap
Game 5: Make 5! with Fingers
Game 6: More, Less, Same with Fingers
Game 7: How Many Are Hiding? with Fingers
Game 8: How Many Are Hiding? with Counters
Also included in the kit are Math Minibooks. Each minibook has a short problem-solving story that ends with a game or activity that is related to the games in the kits. These may be used to further children’s mathematics learning at home.
A comprehensive Teacher Guide describes the research behind the games and minibooks, easy-to-follow directions, as well as QR codes that link to videos about how to play each game and the mathematics the children are learning.
This turnkey kit accommodates up to 20 students and contains everything needed to start playing right away. Also available in English.
English Games w Fingers & Counters Classroom Kit