Do your students need more fine motor practice? This is a super fun math game for your pre-k or kindergarten class that incorporates fine motor skills.
This tennis ball idea has been around forever and it’s always a huge hit. I tweaked the idea a bit to include some math skills and this is what I came up with.
Super FUN Fine Motor Math Game
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Supplies to Make Your Own Fine Motor Math Game
Here are the supplies you will need to create this math game in your own classroom:
- Tennis Balls
- Box Cutter
- Plastic Discs {poker chips, bingo chips etc}
- Two Wooden Cubes {craft store}
- Permanent Markers in same color as plastic discs
- Wiggly Eyes
- E6000 Glue
Preparing the Fine Motor Math Game
At home, cut a “mouth” in each tennis ball using the box cutter. Next, attach the wiggly eyes to the tennis balls using the E6000 glue.
Then, use the permanent markers to color a circle on each side of one wooden cube. The colors of the circles should match the colors of your plastic discs. If you don’t have enough colors of discs for a different color on each side just repeat one.
On the second wooden cube write the numbers 1 and 2. I chose just two numbers because squeezing the tennis ball is much more difficult than you might think and their little hands will get too tired if they have to “feed” the ball too many discs at one time.
How to Play the Math Game
This game can be played in a small group or pairs. Give each child a tennis ball. Players take turns rolling the cubes and feeding their tennis ball the appropriate color and number of discs.
When the tennis ball is squeezed the mouth will open, see picture above. For example, if a player rolls a red and the number 1 then he or she would feed the tennis ball one red disc.
I spent $2 on a package of tennis balls and $1 on the wooden cubes, all other items I had on hand so I spent $3 total on this game.
Be careful with the tennis balls in the pet section at the Dollar Store, they aren’t very “squishy” and won’t work well for this activity, make sure to test the tennis balls before you buy them.
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