How to Put Together This Christmas Math Activity
I placed numbers on several brown cookie shape cutout I made by tracing the outline of cookie cutters. I then outlined the shapes with white crayon to create a frosting like edge. Several paper cut outs were made of each shape. I placed a set of tally marks on one of each shape. Various numbers were placed on the remaining cutouts of that shape. Only one of the numbers matched the one with the tall marks.
The number cookies with both numeral and tally mark displays could be used in many other ways.
- Sort even and odd numbers
- Create addition sentences
- Create subtraction sentences
- Play “I Spy The Number”
- Show me the number before
- Show me the number after
You will find this Christmas math activity and many more on my Early Learning Math board on Pinterest.
How else could I use these number cookies?
Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says
Virginia doesn’t use common core so I don’t know much about it. Your activity makes math more fun!
Barbara says
This is a great activity to explain math in a fun way!
Lady Lilith BloodCrave says
I like that idea. I will be using it with my children as well. Thank you.
Tamara Camera says
Cute! I love using cookie cutters for art. Scarlet is just starting to talk about math and add and subtract in her head. It blows my mind because I never thought of myself as very math-oriented although I certainly used it well enough when I had to use it for school.
Mia says
You make the best activities for kids Deirdre!!
Blond Duck says
What a cool idea!