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Odd And Even Number Fishing

May 19, 2016 by Emma Edwards 1 Comment

As Adam is confident with using numbers up to 100 we decided to introduce him to the concept of odd and even numbers. It was the first time he had heard these terms and it will take some time before he is confident to use them independently. Our Odd And Even Number Fishing game was a great place to start.

Odd And Even Number Fishing

Setting up the activity was straightforward and used items recycled from previous activities. I used the coloured cardboard fish from our #365Penguins project and wrote the numbers 1-20 onto the fish using a permanent marker pen. I ended up creating two sets of numbers so Adam would get lots of practise. In order for Adam to be able to “catch” our fish I added a split-pin paper fastener to each fish. As the pin looked like the fishes eye, I also added a mouth to each fish.

Number fishing

I used our cocktail bowls, recycled from our Plastic Egg Submarine activity, to represent three lakes. I filled one with blue polystrene Easter Eggs recycled from our Easter Core Strengthening activity and in the other two bowls placed blue pom poms. On these two final bowls I used the permanent marker pen to write the words “ODD” and “EVEN”. Finally I added a magnetic fishing rod from our Rainbow Fish Rice Fishing activity.

Teaching odd and even numbers

The object of the activity was for Adam to go fishing in the middle bowl and catch one fish. He had to read the number on the fish and then decide whether that number was odd or even.

Catching fish fine motor play

Adam then placed the fish into the correct fish bowl.

Learning odd and even numbers

At first Adam struggled with the concept. He found it easier working out whether the number ended in 2,4,6,8 or 0. If it did then it went straight into the even bowl. If the fish didn’t end in that number then it went into the odd bowl.

Odd and even number play activity

As well as developing Adam’s mathematical knowledge of number recognition and learning about odd and even numbers, the activity strengthened his fine motor skills.

Odd and Even fishing

Our Odd and Even Number Fishing game has been left out so that Adam can keep returning to the activity whenever he wants to.

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Filed Under: Learning Activities, Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Animal themed play, Fine Motor Activities, Non-messy activity, Number Recognition Activities

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  1. Niki - Play & Learn Every Day says

    May 23, 2016 at 10:28 am

    What a fun idea for learning odd and even numbers, and it could be adapted in so many ways!

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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