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Math Game with Race Cars

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

The other day I was teaching math to my oldest (5 years old) and we came up with this game together! I wanted to review over number recognition, ordering numbers, subtitizing, and one-to-one correspondence and we came up with a math game using race cars. It’s so simple, yet we had a lot of fun playing it together!

Race Car Math

Here’s what you need:

  • poster board or foam board
  • dice (I used a big wooden one)
  • 15 race cars + a race car for each player
  • small sticky notes or small stickers (numbered 1-15)

To set up the game, draw 15 parking spaces on a poster board. Then put numbers in each space, making sure to mix up the numbers. Draw a star for a starting spot and a flag for the finish. Also place a numbered sticky note on top of each car.

numbers

Have the child match the number on the car to the number in the parking space. This is a good way to practice number recognition.

Next, place your race car (which is your game piece) on the star to begin the game.

start

Roll the dice and move that many spaces clockwise around the board. Wherever you land, take that numbered car out of the space and replace it with your car.

playing the game

Have the opponent go and keep going around the board until all the cars have been collected. When you land in an empty parking space, nothing happens and it’s the other player’s turn.

car

Once all the cars have been taken, it’s a race to the finish! Keep rolling the dice and moving parking spaces until the first person lands on the flag.

dice

We had a lot of fun playing this race car game! We also played it with these variations:

  • We played to see who could collect the most cars
  • One of us placed a sticker in the parking space (and it was hidden with the car on top of it). Then the other player had to guess where the sticker was. The player who knew would give clues, such as “It’s a number higher than 4” or “It’s an odd number”.

Race Car- pin

Hope you’ll try this simple game out!

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  1. Allyson says

    September 15, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    Great idea! My son loves cars, so this would be a great idea to address counting and number recognition in a fun and innovative way!

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  2. Margie says

    September 14, 2015 at 4:10 am

    This game is very creative and looks super fun! I can’t wait to try it with my students. I also love how it can easily be differentiated. I have one question, though, did you use the blank spaces between the numbered spaces? Thanks for your help! PS – Tell your five old to keep creating games with his mom! I can’t wait for the next one!

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  3. Adventures of Adam says

    September 9, 2015 at 12:58 pm

    Brilliant! My son would love this game!
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