Card Mats Card Mats Card mats can be used by the teacher or another adult with an individual student or a small group of children. Use a deck of cards. Queens are zero and Aces are 1. Use the appropriate number family card mat.
Students sort out all of the appropriate cards from the deck for their number family.
If they are working on the number family of 9, they will need the cards 0 through 9. If they are on the number family of 5, they need cards 0 to 5. etc. Once the cards have been sorted out from the deck, mix them up. You will want to keep a fairly fast pace with this activity. Place a card face up in the blank first space.