What More?



This is a very simple finger game - and you'll be surprised that kids enjoy it, but they often do. You'll have to catch them at the right time when this is a little bit of a challenge, but fun.

It is VERY simple - but you can come up with variations.

You hold up some number of fingers and your child tells you how many MORE fingers it takes to make all 10 fingers.

That's it. You hold up your hands with 3 fingers up, your child says, "7."

Maybe try putting up "zero" fingers - laugh together about that one. Put up all 10 fingers - see if he/she says, "Zero." That is a surprisingly important concept - that zero can mean "no more."

Encourage him/her to make up other games like this. For example, he can put up all 10 fingers, you say a number, and he can leave up how many are left when he puts down that number.

An expansion of this is to use pennies - or some other handy objects. Put 10 pennies in one hand and show him. Then put some number of them, say 3, into your other hand and put it behind your back. Show him the hand with 7 left. He should say "3" are behind your back.

To make it more challenging, add more pennies.

Also - you can have him do it and you guess.

Posted: Thu - August 12, 2004 at 03:59 PM      

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