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Spill the beans

Spill the beans


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Description:
Game
Phase:
Foundation Phase (Gr R-3) & up
Number Range:
Only up to 20
Materials Needed:
Counters (e.g. bottle tops)
Players:
2 or more

Players use beans to practice their bonds to ten. Ten beans are placed in a cup and a certain amount is spilled out, the players have to say how many they think are left in the cup.

 

Purpose

Practice bonds to 10

Materials

  • 1 Cup,
  • 10 beans (or any other counters)

How to play:

  1. Fill a cup with 10 beans
  2. One player is responsible for shaking the cup, then turning it over and placing some of the beans on the table.
  3. By looking at the number of beans on the table, the other player must work out how many beans remain in the cup.
  4. Swap and play again for a number of rounds.

 


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