Egg Math
Introduction:
Here is a fun game for the students to play. It is a spring math game. Tell
the students to help Peter Rabbit find his egg basket. See how many eggs
the students playing the game can put into the basket.
Materials Needed:
1. oval shapes for eggs(various colors). I made about 20 for the game.
2. black marker to write the problems on the oval shapes.
3. golf tees
4. manilla folder or poster board
5. dice
6. pocket on the basket for the eggs when answered correctly.
Methodology:
1. Make and decorate a game board. Either use poster board or a manilla folder.
2. Make oval shapes to use for the cards.
3. Write math problems on the oval shapes. Place the math problem face up with
a self check for the students on the back.
4. On the game board make an oval shape a little bigger than the cards and write
place eggs here.
5. Make a start and a finish. I would put a rabbit at the start and then at the finish
put an Easter basket with a pocket for the eggs. When a player answers the
problem correctly they put the egg in the pocket.
6. Put 3 oval shapes with skip on them. If a student draws that card then they loose
a turn.
7. To begin the students are to roll the dice to see who goes first.
8. The player will draw a card and answer the question. If the player is correct they
roll the dice and move that number of spaces.
9. The player that gets to the Easter basket first wins.
10.Have Fun!
Other Variations:
1. The oval shape math problems can also be used to just play a card like game. The
student with the most cards after all the cards are gone wins. Make a manilla
envelope and put about 4 pockets, each being a different color for the eggs to be
placed when the player is correct. If the player is incorrect the oval shape goes
back to the bottom of the deck. The player that wins is the one with the most
eggs. I call this game Spring Fling.
2. Make sentences on the oval shapes using the spelling words. The player reads the
card and has to say the correct spelling word that goes in that blank. A self check
is on the back.
3. A teacher friend,Janice, gave me these idea for other variations. Take money and clock rubber stamps and put them on the oval shapes. She also mentioned fractions. Thanks for the ideas!
