Since I am still working with small groups, I added in a new math menu choice for children working independently. Since it is still very early in the school year, I need a choice that children will feel confident taking on without a lot of instruction, but one that gets them practicing skills. Dot-to-dot puzzles meet this criteria beautifully. Younger students do puzzles with numbers 1-20. Olders do puzzles with numbers 1-100. Sometimes I've included puzzles that count by 2, 5, or 10. Here everyone is working on ordering numbers, but doing a task that they consider fun, and dare I say, un-school-like.
Someday I will probably have to break down and buy a good dot-to-dot book, but for now, I make do with puzzles I've collected online. The french site http://www.pointapoint.com/ is my main source.
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