Lemon Math

Lemon/Lime Shake And Spill

This game can be used to teach counting, addition, subtraction, or fractions. Kids can do this individually as independent work or a math center, or in partners or a group while taking turns shaking the container.

You will need: Wooden craft disks

Glue

A small container with a lid

Go here and print out the first page, plus either the addition, subtraction, or fractions recording pages.

Cut out the lemons and limes on the FIRST PAGE ONLY. On each disk, glue a lemon on one side and a lime on the flip side.

To play the game, follow the directions on the recording sheet you've chosen. The basic idea is to put all of the disks into the container, shake it, spill them out, and then use the recording sheet to color the correct amount of yellow lemons and green limes. Kids then write an addition problem, subtraction problem, or fraction, depending on what recording sheet you're using.

For instance, if the spilled disks land with 7 lemons facing up and 3 limes facing up, kids would color 7 yellow and 3 green. On the addition page they'd then fill in the numbers to create the addtion problem, 7 + 3 = 10. On the subtraction page, they could create the problem 10 - 7 = 3 or 10 - 3 = 7. And on the fractions page, kids could create the fractions 7/10 and 3/10.

Lemon Roll And Color

This is a similar game, for kids who are still working on learning to count. It can also be used for addition, if you provide two dice with numerals instead of dots. This game is best played in partners or in a small group.

You will need: One or two dice. (Kids who are working on counting up to 12 can use two dice. Kids who are still mastering lower numbers can stick to one die.)

This worksheet.

Crayons, markers or colored pencils.

Take turns rolling the die or dice. The person taking a turn will count the dots on his die or dice (or add up the numerals) and color that number of lemons on his worksheet. Players should ONLY color the number that THEY roll, not the numbers that the other players roll.

The first one to finish coloring all of his or her lemons is the winner!

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