Rainy Day Skip Counting Activity
This rainy day skip counting activity has 1st and 2nd grade students put umbrella number cards in order by 2s, 5s and 10s, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included for quick checking.
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Skip counting means counting forward by the same number each time, like 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10, 20, 30. It is a big step toward adding quickly, multiplying, counting money and telling time. This rainy day skip counting activity gives 1st and 2nd grade students a hands-on way to practice counting by 2s, 5s and 10s with a cozy rainy day theme.
The pack includes 55 umbrella number cards in three colors. Green umbrellas count by 2s to 50, pink umbrellas count by 5s to 100, and blue umbrellas count by 10s to 100. The cards are printed in mixed-up order, so students really have to count. Children pick one color, mix up the cards, find the smallest number and then skip count to lay every umbrella in a long row. A How to Use page lists the materials, the prep and the steps, and the cards print one-sided with shared dashed cut lines, so they are quick to cut. After the game, students complete a practice worksheet where they skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s from bigger starting numbers to fill in the missing numbers in six rows. This umbrella skip counting activity works well in a math center, with a partner, in small groups or as a rainy day indoor task.
What’s Included
- A colorful cover page
- A How to Use page with materials, prep and step-by-step directions
- 55 umbrella number cards on seven cut sheets (by 2s, 5s and 10s)
- A skip counting practice worksheet
- An answer key for the umbrella cards, with each card number, and an answer key for the practice worksheet
Here are three reasons this activity helps kids. First, moving real cards into order lets students see and feel the pattern in each count. Second, the three colors let every child start at a comfortable level and move up from 10s to 5s to 2s. Third, the practice page checks that students can continue a count from any starting number, even past 100, not just from the beginning.
Teachers and parents can extend the fun by hiding one umbrella and asking a partner to name the missing number, by timing how fast a student can order one color, or by laying the blue row under the pink row to find the numbers that are in both counts. The rainy day skip counting activity also pairs well with the resources below.
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