Sort, count, add and compare . . . with food! Okay, m&m’s aren’t very healthy – think of the motivation to snack and count at the same time. Or you could try these activities with Chex Mix, jelly beans, Fruit Loops, or trail mix. (Am I on a food kick or what?)
Grab your m&m bag and try these fun math activities.
Preschoolers
- Sort the m&ms into color groups.
- Draw circles around the groups.
- Count
First and second graders
- Estimate how many total and in each group
- Sort the groups
- Compare – Greater than? Less than? Equal?
- Add the groups together
- Subtract one color group from the total amount
Third and up
- Estimate total and in each group
- Sort into groups
- Graph
- Divide the total into equal groups. Two groups, three groups, four groups
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