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Rubber Duck Math Game to go with Ten Little Rubber Ducks

By Shaunna Evans 5 Comments ยท This content may contain affiliate links.

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This month the Virtual Book Club for Kids is sharing activities to go along with books by Eric Carle. There are so many books to choose so there are sure to be some terrific activities shared. We were inspired to create this fun math game for preschoolers and kindergarteners.

Rubber Duck Math Game~Activity to go along with Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle

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Before doing this activity we read 1o Little Rubber Ducks.  In the story ten ducks go overboard and find adventure out in the ocean. This concept set the stage perfectly for our math game.

 

10 Little Rubber Ducks

Preparation

To set up the game I gathered one blue glitter foam sheet, a tan foam sheet, and ten small rubber duck party favors.  Because I wanted to keep the ducks contained during our activity I also used a large glass baking sheet. You could use any tray or container that will fit your foam sheets and ducks.

I trimmed the blue sheet a bit to make it look like the edge of the ocean. Then I set the tan sheet down into the glass baking sheet and placed the blue sheet on top so that they overlapped a bit.

Math Activity to go with Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle

Math Game

In this game we are practicing combinations of numbers. You can set the game up with as few or as many ducks as you’d like. We used 10, so that we could practice identifying different ways to make ten.

Duck Math~Making 10

To play, the kids scooped up all of the ducks in their “boat” (We used our hands, but if you have a small toy boat you could definitely use that, too!).   Then they dropped them and yelled “OVERBOARD!”  Then they counted to see how many ducks landed on the shore (tan foam) and how many ducks landed in the ocean (blue foam).

Addition with Rubber Ducks

We repeated as many times as the kids wanted to and made observations along the way about the different combinations they were getting.

To extend the activity you could also have kids write out the combinations or tally how many times they got each combination during their game.

You can also modify the number of ducks used to play the game and explore different combinations.

Ten Little Rubber Ducks Book Activity~Rubber Duck MathNow that we’ve shared our activity with you, we’re excited to see what you came up with! Please link up your Eric Carle inspired posts to the blog hop linky below. 

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  1. Dawn

    September 6, 2018 at 4:09 pm

    What age range would be appropriate for playing the rubber duck math game?

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    • Shaunna Evans

      February 5, 2020 at 10:26 am

      This will vary based on the child. Generally I’d say this would be an activity for kids ages 4 to 6 who are able to count sets to 10 and able to identify more and less.

      Reply
  2. Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest

    June 9, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    What a sweet little math game!

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  3. Cerys from Rainy Day Mum

    June 9, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Brilliant – we’re working on number bonds for 10 and this would be a perfect activity for this. I love the glitter foam I wonder if we can get it over here

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  4. Carrie

    June 9, 2014 at 11:05 am

    What a fun activity to go with the book.

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