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CAR SHOOT

Things you will need:

Toy cars

Alternatives:

  • Trains

  • Balls

  • Beads

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Poster tube

Alternatives:

  • Kitchen roll tube

  • Flat cardboard

  • Rolled up cardboard

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Large paper

Alternatives:

  • Masking tape

  • Ruler

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Rest one end of the tube on a table and the other on the floor.

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Lay the paper out from the end of the tube and mark as many measurements as you like (they don't need to be real measurements - numbers 1 to 5 would do).

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Drop the cars down the tube and see how far they travel.

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Ask them to call out the number it reaches. (If they are not ready for yet, seeing these in print, representing increasingly greater values is a great foundation for their number recognition)

Ways to extend:

  • Reach greater numbers on the paper.

  • Experiment with different weights and shapes dropped down the tube.

  • See what happens when you adjust the angle of the tube.

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