INTERVENTION STRATEGY:



INTERVENTION STRATEGY:

The Number Game

|Brief Description: This intervention strategy targets the specific skill of number identification. While counting and one-to-one | |

|correspondence are also included in this strategy, these are prerequisite skills that could better be taught through the other | |

|number sense activities such as Kinesthetic Activities to Increase Counting Skills or Activities to Increase Pre-Number Skills. | |

|This intervention is adapted from the work of Whyte and Bull (2008). They used this strategy successfully to increase the number | |

|identification skills of preschool-aged children. | |

|Materials Needed: Two printable board games are included in the tools section. These should be printed in color on legal size |

|paper. In addition, a spinner or die is necessary. A spinner is also available to be printed on card stock and laminated as well. |

|Each child will need a game pawn (any manipulative will do) to move along the board. |

|Implementation: These strategies may be implemented individually or in small groups by a teacher, paraprofessional or adult |

|volunteer or played by a group of peers with adult assistance as needed for number identification. |

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|The teacher explains the rules of the number game. |

|The children take turns spinning the spinner and moving along the board. |

|They are required to say the name of the number as they land on each one. |

|If the child doesn’t know the number, they can ask a friend for help or the teacher may provide the number. |

|If they land on the yellow square they must follow the yellow arrow either ahead or back as the case may be. |

|If the group finishes the number game before the intervention period is over, they may play again. |

|Intervention Schedule: The number game should be played for 15-20 minutes at least two times per week. It is best implemented |

|alternating with other number sense activities to occur on the opposite days. Progress monitoring should focus on number |

|identification. |

|Variation: Other game boards may be constructed for numbers up to 100. |

|Reference: |

|Whyte, J.C. & Bull, R. (2008). Number games, magnitude representation and basic |

|number skills in preschoolers. Developmental Psychology, 44, 588-596. |

| Tool/Attachments: |

|Game board for numbers 0-10 |

|Game board for numbers 10-20 |

|Printable spinner |

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