Count to 10 File Folder

I made this file folder when my daughter Basma was just starting to count. She used to count things by touching but sometimes she would be counting faster out loud rather than matching the number of objects she was counting. So this little file folder game was great to help her slow down and count objects carefully and individually.

This file folder is A5 size and when opened out it shows chickens numbered 1 to 10 and a string holding a set of cards showing different numbers of eggs in baskets.

The idea is for the child to count the number of eggs on the card and match it to the corresponding chicken. This helps reinforce both counting and number recognition skills.

If you’d like to make a similar file folder game you can find the templates available to download from my File Share Widget as you scroll down the right of the screen.

Handy Manny Totbook

This is my youngest daughter, Basma’s totbook based on the children’s character, Handy Manny.

This totbook contains mini-books and activities which teach colours in both English and Spanish, counting and number recognition, shape recognition and also teaches your child how to spell their name.

I found the templates for this totbook over on the 1+1+1=1 website.

Basma loves Handy Manny so she had great fun putting the elements for this totbook together because she was already familiar with the characters, and thanks to Dora and Handy Manny she can already count to 10 in Spanish and she knows a few Spanish words too.

So this is what the totbook looks like when it’s opened out. It fits neatly into a file folder, but I usually use sheets of A3 card as an alternative which can be folded in much the same way.

This is a little pull out tab with the letters that spell out Basma’s name. Here I drew out the letters lightly with a pencil ready for her to trace over with a felt-tip pen.

Since making this totbook she has learned to spell out her name with magnetic letters and she has almost mastered writing her name with a pen, masha’Allah.

In the centre of the totbook is a minibook that teaches colours in both English and Spanish, a few of the Spanish colours she was already familiar with.

This is a little set of cards that I strung together. On each card are a pictures of tools. Basma counted the tools and then coloured the number that showed the correct number of tools.

Basma loved this little flap book that shows all the tool characters from Handy Manny. She knew their names and she learned what kind of tool they were and we talked about what each tool might be used for, i.e. a hammer to knock in nails, a saw to saw wood. Then she coloured the pictures according to the character colours.

This little pocket holds shape cards. The cards are in pairs with lots of different shapes so we played matching games and memory games with the cards as well as learning the names of the shapes.

Finally I made a shadow matching game. I glued down 6 cards that show the silhouettes of various tools and then Basma had to place the correct tool cards over the top of the silhouettes.

Fantástico!

Subtraction Lapbook

When I first started teaching my kids maths, I made a series of arithmatic lapbooks covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. My daughter Samira made the addition and subtraction ones while my son, Yusef made the multiplication and division ones.

This one is the subtraction one that I finally found after sorting out our resources cupboard, and it’s great for looking back and reviewing and also for introducing arithmatic to the younger kids.

When the lapbook is opened out it reveals lots of mini-books showing the number families 1-9.

First is the One Family which opens up as an accordian style book.

Second is the Two Family which is a tri-fold book that opens out to reveal the sums and answers.

The Three Family is displayed on a pin wheel.

The Four Family is shown on a set of stacked cards.

The Five Family is a mini-book that folds out to reveal the sums and answers.

The Six Family is a series of small cards that are held together with string.

The Seven Family is displayed on matchbook style flaps with the sum on the outside flap and the answer written inside.

The Eight Family is a set of pull out cards held together by tabs.

And finally, the Nine Family is shown on a sliding scale. The child can slide the bar up or down the scale and complete the sums aloud.

I found the templates for this lapbook on the Homeschool Share website and I have also made them available to download from my File Share Widget that you will find as you scroll down the right of the screen.

 

Subtraction File Folder Game

This is a little file folder game that I made for my 3 and 4 year old daughters to start practising take aways (subtraction).

I got the templates for this game from the Homeschool Share website.  It’s a combination of two games contributed to the website.

When the file folder opens out you can see the numbered pockets all containing cards.

Printed on each card is a sum and the child must work out the sum in order to put the card into the correct answer pocket.

In order to help them complete the sum correctly they can use the squirrel’s acorns to count.

So if the sum card reads 5 – 2 …

Then the child will count out 5 acorns …

And then take away (subtract) 2 acorns …

Which leaves the answer of 3 acorns …

And having found the correct answer, the child then gets to place the sum card into the number 3 pocket.

My girls, Amina and Basma have been having great fun playing this game, masha’Allah.

If you’d like to have a go at making this file folder game I have made the templates available to download for free from my file share widget that you will find as you scroll down the right of the screen.

HAVE FUN!

Multiplication Lapbook

When I first started teaching my kids maths, I made a series of arithmatic lapbooks covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. My daughter Samira made the addition and subtraction ones while my son, Yusef made the multiplication and division ones.

This one is the multiplication one, and it’s great for looking back and reviewing and also for introducing arithmatic to the younger kids. Once they have memorised their times tables, with regular reviewing, they will know them by heart and be able to solve problems at first glance.

Here is what the lapbook looks like when the pages open. I made this book by folding a sheet of A3 card in half and taping another A4 sheet in the centre.

Turn the centre page over …

And on the reverse of the lapbook, I pasted a multiplication square and a pocket holding number cards to play ‘Take Two’ where the student has to choose two number cards at random and multiply them together.

There are two lots of number cards, numbered 1-9. They should be laid face down and two cards picked at random.

The two chosen cards must be multiplied together, i.e. 6 x 5

I found the templates for this lapbook here, on the Homeschool Share website and I’ve also made them available through my File Share widget on the right of the screen as you scroll down.

Here are some more photos close up.

Addition Lapbook

When I first started teaching my kids maths, I made a series of arithmatic lapbooks covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. My daughter Samira made the addition and subtraction ones while my son, Yusef made the multiplication and division ones.

This one is the addition one, and it’s great for looking back and reviewing and also for introducing arithmatic to the younger kids. Learning the number bonds helps children quickly master addition and subtraction.

Here is what the lapbook looks like when the pages open. I made this book by folding a sheet of A3 card in half and taping another A4 sheet in the centre.

Turn the centre page over …

And on the reverse of the lapbook, I pasted an addition square and a pocket holding card dominoes to play ‘Domino Addition’ where the student has to add together the sum of the two sides.

I found the templates for this lapbook here, on the Homeschool Share website and I’ve also made them available through my File Share widget on the right of the screen as you scroll down.

Here are some more photos close up.

Most of the addition fact families are set out in neat little flap books but this one below for the six family is on a sliding scale where the student has to slide the pointer up (or down), reading aloud and answering the sums as they go.

Numbers & Counting Game

I decided to make this little file folder game to help my youngest two girls, Amina 3 and Basma 2 with their counting and number recognition.

The aim of this file folder game is to place the cards into the correct pockets.

There are 12 pockets. Each pocket has a different coloured number on the front. I have used colours to help the kids match the cards to the correct pocket. There are 12 sets of cards with 3 cards in each set.

This is the set of cards for the number 3 pocket. On each card are objects. The idea is for the child to count the number of objects on the card and then place the card in the correct number pocket.

Here is a close of sample of some of the cards.

If you like this file folder game you can download it for free from my BOX file sharing menu which you will find as you srcoll down, on the right of the screen.