Learning Spinners

Help children practise their maths and vocabulary with these fun and easy group activities!

School Year: 1 (Addition Spinner), 4–7 (Vocabulary Spinner), 4–6 (Multiplication Spinner)

Subject: Maths (Addition/Multiplication), Language (Vocab)

Time: 1 hour (same for all)

Supplies

Downloadable Multiplication Wheel
Elmer’s® Disappearing Purple School Glue Stick (or any other Elmer’s glue)
Scissors
Foam board
Ice lolly sticks
Pushpin
Paper clip
Marker
Cup

Instructions

Download the multiplication wheel. Cut it out and glue it to a piece of foam board.

Place the paper clip near the centre. Push the pushpin through the opening of the paperclip and through the centre of the wheel, creating a spinner.

Use a marker to write numbers (1–9) on one end of the ice lolly sticks. If you don’t have enough for 9, that’s okay. Go up to whichever number you have.

Place the ice lolly sticks number side down into a cup.

Take turns drawing a stick out of the cup, then spinning the spinner.

Multiply the number on the ice lolly stick by the number that the spinner lands on.

Repeat! See how many problems everyone can answer correctly.

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