On August 4th I attended a class focusing on math and the curriculum changes that will be happening by the year 2012-2013. I found some new online activities that you may want to explore. One game that practices counting skills is called Okta's Rescue. The student is given a number and has to select that many octopi. To finish the game, the student has to count ALL the octopi that s/he collected throughout the game. There are different levels of play.
Another counting game, Grouping and Grazing, allows students to group objects by either 5's or 10's and then asks them to count the objects. There are different options and level of play.
Have fun with the new games! I hope you are almost done with your summer packets! I cannot wait to see you when school begins!
