Pancake Number Flip

Rowin, for the most part, recognizes numbers 1-10 now so we've been playing lots of number games. I saw something like this on Pinterest and since pancakes are one of Ro's favorite foods, I thought we'd give it a try.

This game works on number identification and 1-1 correspondence with numbers (understanding that three dots=3).

I used a plastic cup and traced/cut circles out of brown construction paper. You'll need 20 circles. Next, I wrote the numbers 1-10 on ten of the "pancakes" and then drew dots (1-10) on the remaining ten pancakes. We have a play spatula and frying pan that we used. If you don't have play ones, you could use real ones. Here's what our game looked like all set up.

To play the game, Rowin had to scoop up matching pancakes and flip them into the pan. You keep scooping/flipping matches until you have all of the pancakes in the pan.

I don't think this will be one of those games that Rowin is dying to play over and over, but it took about five minutes to trace and cut out circles, so this is one we'll tuck away and pull out every once in a while. :)