This activity involves using a Hundreds Number Chart – a chart with any set of hundreds. e.g. 1 – 100, 101 – 200, 501 – 600, etc. Click here to use this customizable Hundreds Number Chart. You can enter any hundred set you like although you’re probably best to start with 1 – 100.
| Step | Your Child | You |
| Colour all the numbers that end with a zero. | “Nice colouring” | |
| Colour all the numbers that end with a or five or two. | “Do you see a pattern? Tell me about the pattern.” | |
| “I see that all the numbers make one line down the left hand side of the paper.” | “Excellent!” |
Do this exercise looking for different number patterns again and again so that your child will become a master at the hundred’s chart. Remember, you can get a printable Number Chart here..
The above counting activity was created by Diane Massie, a HelpingWithMath.com contributor, and it is part of her Handling Mathprogram.
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