Addition on the Playground

     A tricky way to get your students to practice their addition facts is to offer to play jump rope with them. I found it to be a great way to practice their facts and excercise your underarm jiggly muscles at the same time. I would "turn" on one end, but while students were jumping they must be saying the doubles jumping song "1+ 1 is 2, 2 + 2 is 4, 3 +3 is 6, 4 + 4 is 8, ... 10 + 10 is 20." All of the students in line must be saying the doubles jumping song with the jumper too.
    Once they knew the doubles jumping song quite well, we would graduate to the doubles plus one jumping song. First the jumper would say, " 1 + 1 = 2, then the waiting line would yell, "Plus 1" and the jumper would say, 1 + 2 = 3. ... 2 + 2 = 4."  "Plus 1", yells the waiting line. "2 + 3 = 5, 3 + 3 = 6," replies the jumper. 
   
 
Deborah