Numbers

Over the past few weeks, there were several ideas posted on OFLA's list serv about activities to do when teaching numbers. I thought there were quite a few great ideas, so I am posting my favorites here:
1. Ask teachers in the school their ages and have students guess. The teacher has the students state the ages in a complete sentence, and it helps with higher numbers.
2. Game called "X." The teacher will tell the students to count by multiples of 3 (or whichever number). Students form a circle, and they count one by one. Whenever the group reaches that multiple of three, the student whose turn it is must say "X." If a student messses up, he or she must sit down. The group counts until there is only one person standing. Obviously, the students would have to know at numbers 1-100. You can replace the "X" with any word. Students love it when it is a goofy word.
3. Hopscotch. Create a hopscotch "court" with tape on the floor and put numbers in each spot. Students have to say the numbers when they do the hopscotch.
4. Stations. One teacher creates a variety of activities to practice and learn numbers. Here are a few of the stations:
a. Create flash cards for numbers for 0 to 31.
b. Get numbers packet form teacher and complete
c.Tell the teacher your book number, locker number, and zip code in(target language).
d. Jump rope and count in (target language) for at least 5 minutes. Whoever gets to the highest number wins.
e. Play rolling dice game for 10 minutes using the game log to see how many you can do without stopping. Use two 6 sided dice. (Add dice to get numbers.)
f.Tell the teacher the teacher the number of desks in the room, the number of students in the room. The number of textbooks on the shelves in the front of the room.
g.Tell the teacher your telephone number (with area code), locker combination, and student ID number, and also read a number drawn from the slips of paper in the jar.
h. Tell the teacher your birthday and that of a parent or guardian, including the year of birth.
i. Count to 100 by fives, forward and backward. Practice with a friend first then recite to the teacher.
5. Give students a number series and have them finish it.
6. Roll dice and have students add the next number to the previous until you get to the highest number they know.
7. Divide students up into two teams of equal numberfs. Tell one student from each team a number. They have to whisper the number to their teammates and play telephone. The last student in the group can shout out the word. First team to say the correct number wins.