Whoever has the most points will win. In this game, children experience multiplication in a geometric context. They make rectangular arrays with Cuisenaire Rods and place them on grids until no more space is available. This is a two-person game in which children first roll a die to find out how many circles to draw and then roll again to find out how many stars to draw in each circle. The winner is the child who draws the most stars after seven rounds.
Students write the correct multiplication sentence under each drawing.
Finger Multiplication Have children hold out their hands, palms down. Each finger is given a number from 1 to 10, starting from the left. Suppose students wish to multiply 9x4. They simply tuck under finger number 4. That leaves three fingers to the left of it and six fingers to the right of it, which stands for 36.