Joshua Cowell School, Manteca, Ca. Cut out small objects on Ellison using fun foam - or use erasers from Oriental etc. Include a laminated strip of paper about 3 inches in width and an egg carton.
Students make patterns or sort the objects.
Place a bag with small objects with the carton. Students can read number and count that many objects into egg cups. Playdough, Mat, spinner. Write target numbers on spinner - many great spinners in most math books. You may include a large template for making the number.