Teen Facts

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Purpose:

You can help your child to practice the teen facts, for example 10 + 4 = 14.

What you need:

  • Game cards (PDF,56KB) . You can print these or make your own.
  • Cardboard

What to do:

Glue the cards on to cardboard.
Shuffle and deal the cards.
Players check to see if they have any pairs. For example 10 + 5 and 15 is a pair.
Players take turns to ask each other for a card to complete a pair. The winner is the first player to place all their cards in pairs. "Do you have 10 + 3?" or "Do you have 13?"

What to expect your child to do:

To correctly make the teen facts.

Variation:

  • Use the 10 + cards as flash cards and ask your child to quickly give the answer.
  • Do this activity in your home language.

He Kupu Māori:

tāpiri (hia)
add
tāpiritanga
addition
otinga
result/answer
takirua
pair
riwhiriwhi (~a)
shuffle
toha (~ina)
deal, distribute

He Whakawhitinga Kōrero:

  • Riwhiriwhia ngā kāri, kātahi ka tohaina katoatia ki ngā kaitākaro. (Shuffle the cards and then deal them out to us all.)
  • Mēnā kei a koe tētahi tāpiritanga me tōna otinga, whakatakotoria ēnā kāri ki mua i a koe. (If you have an addition card and its answer, put those cards in front of you.)
  • Kei a koe e kare. Tono mai ki ahau kia hoatu tētahi kāri e hiahia ana koe hei hanga takirua. (Its your turn dear. Ask me to give you a card that you want to make a pair.)
  • Kua oti katoa ō kāri te whakatakoto ki te tēpu. Ko koe te toa e hoa. (You’ve put down all your cards, You are the winner.)

Download a file of this activity:

PDF (260KB)