Materials: paper plates, markers or crayons, scissors, clothespins, number cube, googly eyes (optional)
- Reinforce number sense and strengthen fine-motor skills with this adorable game.
- To prepare, cut paper plates in half so that each student can get half a plate. With the straight edge facing down, cut a curve (like a small semicircle) out of the left end.
- Have students use markers or crayons to color their hedgehog, and draw its nose, ear, mouth, and eye. (You can also give each student one googly eye to use.)
- Set students up in pairs. Give each pair a pile of clothespins and a number cube. Using their hedgehog as a game board, students will take turns rolling the number cube and placing that number of clothespins on the spine of their hedgehog.
- The first student to fill their hedgehog’s spine with quills wins! Then have them remove the clothespins and play again. fine-motor skills/number recognition/counting