Simple Division Math Activity for Preschoolers

Earlier this week I shared a science activity based on the book Should I Share My Ice Cream? It was part of a weekly series I am doing with the Virtual Book Club. It can be used with young children and children my son’s age.  I thought you might like to see another activity based on the book. This simple division math activity based on sharing. You can use it with children of various ages too.

Division Math Activity

Supplies

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• Roll, Count, Share Sheet
• Ten Sided Die 
• Red Pom-Poms

Directions for Playing This Division Activity

After reading the book Should I Share My Ice Cream?, you will explain to your children that they will roll the die. Then they will gather up the number of pom-poms that match that number. Next, they will to decide if they could share the same number of pom-poms with each ice cream cone. If they can, they will place each half in an ice cream section. If they can’t, they will roll again.

The goal of this activity is to work on dividing by two. It also looks at even and odd numbers.  You don’t have to tell your young children that they are dividing. You can tell them that they are looking to share numbers.  I would use the words dividing, even and odd with older children.

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