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Related Activities to Try at Home

Playing Double Compare We have been playing a card game called Double Compare that is similar to the familiar card game, War. This game uses the cards 0–6. You could play at home with a deck of playing cards. Each player gets half the deck and puts the cards in a pile, facedown. Both players turn over their top two cards, and the person with the larger total says, “Me.” Ask your child to explain how he or she knows which total is greater. The game is over when all of the cards have been turned over.

Math and Literature You can find these books in your local library and read them together. These books focus on measuring, counting forward, and counting back.

Books About Measuring

Murphy, Stuart J. Super Sand Castle Saturday.

Counting Forward

Krebs, Laurie. We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey

Through Tanzania.

Mora, Pat. Uno, Dos, Tres, One, Two, Three.

Wormell, Christopher. Teeth, Tails and Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book.

Counting Back

Dale, Penny. Ten in Bed.

Murphy, Stuart J. Monster Musical Chairs.

Wise, William. Ten Sly Piranhas.

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