One more and one less activities: One More One Less Activities

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Use these hands-on one more one less activities to strengthen number sense skills in preschool and kindergarten.

So your kids have learned to count. Maybe they can count to 10, 20…even 100! Does that mean you’re done teaching them the math skills they’ll need?

Of course not! Learning to count is just one small step on the path to mathematical understanding, or number sense. Developing number sense is a key focus throughout the early years and beyond, and the process includes a variety of skills.

In this specific article we’re going to take a look at one of these skills, understanding one more and one less. Although this seems obvious to us as adult learners kids can often struggle with this concept, particlarly one less. Providing them with many concrete experiences with hands-on materials can lead them to a deep understanding of the concept, and this will support them later on as they need to rely on the concept of one more and one less to do more complex math problems.

WHAT IS NUMBER SENSE?

But first, you may still not have a clear picture of number senses and why it’s important. This video from Build Math Minds gives a good overview.

TEACHING TIPS & MAJOR CONCEPTS KIDS WILL LEARN

This article from Maths No Problem shares some of the signs of what good number sense looks like and what poor number sense looks like.

For additional reading on number sense skills and how to teach them, these books are helpful.

ONE MORE ONE LESS ACTIVITIES ON FANTASTIC FUN AND LEARNING

The great thing about one more one less activities is there are many opportunities to naturally weave them into your daily routines if you are intentional about it.

Here on Fantastic Fun and Learning I’ve outlined a series of three hands-on activities you do with any small items (math manipulatives).

Once you learn the simple steps and the math talk that goes along with the activities to deepen the learning potential, then you can also duplicate the same activities with things like snack items and small toys your child plays with throughout the day.

Learn the simple hands-on one more and one less math activities.

ONE MORE ONE LESS MATH GAMES

As kids beging to understand the concept of one more and one less we want to help them develop fluency and be able to quickly identify one more and one less without having to give it a lot of thought.

At this stage playing fun one more and one less math games can help kids develop that fluency.

TRY A ONE MORE ONE LESS MATH GAME FOR FREE

We’ve developed a full year’s worth of thematic one more and one less games to help kids revisit this skill all year long.

We’ve shared about two of the one more one less math games before, and you can try them for free with your kids..

Read about the fish one more one less math game and try it out for free.

See how we use the ladybug one more one less game and get a free copy to try for yourself.

GET THE FULL ONE MORE ONE LESS MATH GAMES SET

Here’s a look at the main components of the complete 57-page one more and one less games set.

What others are saying about this set:

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Grab your copy below.

Also available on Teachers Pay Teachers.

INFORMATIONAL YOUTUBE SONGS & VIDEOS

Songs and videos are another helpful tool to help kids remember key skills. These songs and videos are helpful to watch along with your hands-on one more one less activities.

One More Song from Harry Kindergarten Music

One Less Song from Harry Kindergarten Music

One Less Number Game Open Answer Song from Jack Hartmann

One More Video Lesson from Periwinkle

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14 One More One Less Games – Early Impact Learning

Being able to count one more and one less is a key concept in children’s mathematical development.

In my twenty-year teaching career, I have seen the importance of young children first grasping how to count by rote in sequence before then moving on to learning one more or one less. (Source)

It can sometimes take a while to grasp this new concept, so be patient and don’t worry if they don’t get it straight away.

The best way forward is to provide lots of games to practice this concept and make sure that the children have lots of fun without even realizing they’re learning!

In my time as both a teacher and now an advisor, I have tried maybe at least one hundred strategies to teach children the concept of one more and one less.

Out of all those activities, I have chosen my all-time favorites for this article. Here are the ultimate 14 one more and one less activities to get children confidently understanding applying this concept:

1. Number Lines

For this activity, you need a large and bright number line.

Every setting should have a number line displayed somewhere so that the children are able to see large numbers on a daily basis.

This really helps with recognition and familiarity, but when I visit settings in my capacity as an advisor, I’m always surprised by how many settings can overlook this.

You can use bright and colorful numbers or make your own number lines based on your current theme or your children’s current interest.

Some examples of number lines:

Dinosaurs

Flowers

Animals

Cars

Minibeasts

Stars

Suns

In fact anything…Just draw, stencil, or cut out large numbers on the theme of your choice.

Next, you need to hang up your number line. I’ve always found a washing line and pegs work best here, strung across a large space so that the numbers can be moved around by you and the children.

Playing with numbers in this way also helps children to become familiar with them.

If you are going to use a number line outside, make sure your numbers are laminated and always aim for child height so that the children can experiment with sequencing numbers themselves.

Once you’ve got your number line in place the fun can begin.

The best way to get children familiar with numbers and secure in recognizing them is to give daily practice at counting up and down the line forwards and backward.

I like to use a magic wand to point out the numbers as the children chant them.

Next, I introduce a puppet. You can experiment again here – Use whatever works best for the current group of children you have? Do they prefer a sock puppet, a finger puppet? I used a big crow puppet with dangly yellow legs and a funny voice – Experiment and be playful.

2. Puppet Jumps

Let your puppet count with the children up the number line. Pause at a number and tell the children he’s forgotten the name of the number that comes next. Ask the children the name of the number that is one more. The puppet can nod or shake his head.

You can repeat this daily with different numbers and then move on to one less.

Once the children are confident you can extend to 2 more / 2 less and so on…

I like to make sure the puppet is available to the children so that they can practice counting on and back themselves in the continuous provision.

3. Snack Time Number

This is a perfect time to practice counting out one more and one less in a real-life context. Let the children take turns as the helper and to give out the snack.

Here are some ways to develop one more / less.

Cut up fruit into slices/segments. Ask the helper to count out a number of pieces (you can make this any number depending on the stage of the children) For example, If they count out 4 pieces of apple, ask them to add one more.

You can also do this by building fruit kebabs. Ask the children to thread fruit slices onto a skewer, then add one more apple, one more banana, one more kiwi, etc.

You can continue this theme by asking a child to count out the cups for their table. Make sure you give one less or one more than needed for the table and see if the child can ask for one more or tell you they need one less.

For similar mathematical concept ideas try some of these –https://www.education.vic. gov.au/parents/learning/Pages/numeracy-birth-year-2.aspx

4. Target Practice

This is a great way to practice maths skills, and it also develops physical skills, which we are all now aware, are a pre-cursor to children’s future academic success.

Use a hoop if you have one, but don’t worry if you haven’t, you can easily adapt this by drawing circles on the yard or on the floor with chalk.

Give the children bean bags and ask them to stand behind a line a suitable distance away from the circle.

Set a timer and Ready, Steady, Go! – Throw the beanbags into the hoops.

You can set a timer and ask them to hit a target of one more than 6 beanbags in the circle. (Again you can adapt the numbers depending on the age and stage of the children you are with).

Count out the beanbags that landed in the circle and see if they made 7.

You can do also do this game with an improvised dartboard – Draw a circle on the wall and divide it into sections (like a very simple dartboard) Write numbers in the circle.

Start with one to five, then ask the children to hit one more than…. So if you say one more than 5 they have to try and hit 6.

Depending on how confident the children are with their throwing skills, you can experiment with:

beanbags

tennis balls

plastic flow balls,

Recycled newspaper and elastic band balls

Sensory balls,

5. Relay Race

Set up two chalkboards (or other mark-making opportunities) a distance of at least 6 meters between them.

Again, this is as adaptable as you need it to be. If you are working with older children you may want to use the whole schoolyard.

Explain that the children are going to race between the boards and pass the chalk or whiteboard marker to their friend, like in an Olympic relay race.

Start with a number that matches the skills of the children. For example, if they can write numbers to 10, write 2 on the board.

Set your timer and Ready…Steady…Go!

One child runs to write one more so if you started with two, they have to race to the board and write number three, pass the chalk to their friend and they have to run back and write number four, and so on.

You can adapt this activity for older children too. My class of seven-year-olds loved playing this game with numbers up to 100.

When the children are confident with one more, change to one less and start again with a relay countdown race.

You can either race against a stopwatch or you can race against another team.

6. Hook A Duck

This is loads of fun! Set up a water tray with some plastic or rubber ducks in it.

On the base of every duck, draw numbers (again, use numbers that the children are confident counting by rote and sequencing). I like to old use nail polish to write the numbers with as it is waterproof.

On the top of every duck, screw a hook in. (Most DIY stores sell these in the curtain section). Then screw another hook into the end of a bamboo stick. You now have a fairground stall – Hook a Duck.

Ask the children to roll up and play!

Tell the children that they are looking for a number one more than five and one less than seven. If they hook number five, they win and they can choose the next number to find.

7. Fishing Games

This game is very similar to Hook a Duck, but instead of using the ducks, use magnetic fish and fishing rods.

You can also write numbers on pebbles (again, get the old nail polish out) and use fishing nets to scoop up the pebbles to find one more than or one less.

I used to like to have a laminated number line next to the water tray so that the children can match their number when they pull it out of the water.

8. Treasure Hunt

You need a clear, contained space for this activity. If you have an enclosed playground or outdoor area, that would be perfect.

Prepare some numbers.

These could be magnetic numbers, number tiles, flash cards, or foam numbers. In fact, anything you have to hand. The first time you play this, hide the numbers in the area.

Aim to hide some numbers high and some low. Don’t make it too easy!

Tell the children you need them to find the number that is one less than twelve, for example. Let them search the area until they find number eleven.

The child that finds number eleven is then the leader, and they decide which number to find next, so encourage them to say “I want you to find one less than….”

When they’ve got the hang of it, you can ask them to find two more than and so on. Eventually, they can set up their own number hunt.

9. Setting Up Shop

Most children love playing shop so this is a lovely way of developing math in a real-life context.

Set up a simple role-play shop. This could be linked to a theme, for example:

A fruit and veg shop

A garden center

A second-hand clothes shop

A supermarket.

A sports shop

Provide some wallets, bags and purses and lots of 1p pieces (you can buy plastic money but I prefer to use the real thing).

A toy cash register is a great resource if you have one, but don’t worry if you haven’t – just use a box or a jar.

Explain to the children that all the items in the shop need a price and ask them to help you write price tags. 1p, 2p, 3p etc.

Now all you have to do is play shop. Model to the children how to buy and sell the items, counting out the pennies as you do so.

This is good practice for counting out up to a given number and we call this conservation of number.

When the children understand how to count out 3p for example, you can have a sale and ask them to count out 1p less, or 2p less. You can ask them to put their prices up by crossing out the price and writing 1p more.

10. Burst The Balloon

This is like a party game and I admit it can get a bit rowdy, but that’s all part of the fun. Blow up a packet of balloons and write numbers on them with a marker.

Play some music and encourage the children to dance.

When the music stops, the first person to find one more than seven …. Or one less than three, on a balloon has to show everyone and then burst the balloon.

Keep playing until all the balloons have been burst. A good one for the end of term!

11.

Baking Day

There are countless maths concepts to be found in cooking and baking with young children.

I have visited several schools lately that have set up kitchen areas within all their classroom areas, up to Year 6, as the children are getting so much learning out of regular cookery activities.

Just think of the real-life opportunities in making simple biscuits or cakes. Weighing out the ingredients alone is perfect for asking for one more or one less.

Rolling out the dough and cutting out a specific number of circles, is not only shape recognition and practice in counting, there are lots of natural opportunities to ask for one more and one less.

When the cakes/biscuits are cooked, you can ice and decorate them – again, the possibilities are endless to add one more cherry, one less raison, one more spoonful of icing…this should all be done in as natural a real-life context as possible, after all, that’s the reason we want children to be able to use number concepts.

12. Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Encourage the children to lay out a picnic for their teddy bear.

This is a good game to encourage counting out, but you can also incorporate one more and one less naturally into the game.

If you don’t have a picnic basket, no problem – you can use plastic or even paper plates and cups on a blanket or rug.

Ask the children to give the teddies one plate each and one cup each. This is a great game for teaching one-to-one correspondence, and you can extend it to add sandwiches, pieces of fruit, cakes, buns, or anything else you like.

As you are playing, ask the children for one more cup, one more sandwich, and when the teddies are full, they can take the food and plates away, saying one less.

13. Everyday Tasks

I’ve always found the best way to teach number concepts is to provide lots of real-life contexts.

If you think about it, there are hundreds of opportunities to talk about one more and one less in the course of a day.

Here are just a few ways you can encourage your child to help you at home whilst learning how to add one more or one less:

Load the washing machine together, encouraging one more shirt, one less towel, one more scoop of washing powder.
Peg the washing out, asking for one more sock, one less peg.
Clean the bath or shower together saying one more scrub, one less germ.
Set the table for tea and ask for one more spoon, one less fork, for example
Count the stairs as you climb them, saying one more than three is four, one more than four is five, and on the way down, one less than twelve is eleven, one less than eleven is ten, etc.
As you walk down the road together, spot numbers on the doors of buildings. See if they can spot one more than ten. Can they find house number eleven?

14. Listen And Wait

This is a lovely activity for improving concentration, waiting your turn, and as a bonus, it also teaches one more and one less.

Ask the children to sit in a circle so they can all see each other.

Explain they are going to say one more until you get to a given number, for example, 10.

Only one person can speak. If two children say a number at the same time, you have to go back to the beginning and start again. It usually takes a few go’s but really improves listening skills.

When they are able to get to 10, try saying one less. If they can do that easily, try adding in an instrument to beat at the same time.

There are lots more musical ideas on the site:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/teaching-group-activities/zmvxjhv

I hope that’s given you lots of ideas.

Remember to keep having fun! If you do, it will really make a difference.

iPhone Screen Zoom — Apple Support (UK)

In many apps, you can zoom in and out on individual objects. For example, double-tap or pinch out to enlarge an image in Photos or expand web page columns in Safari. You can also use the «Zoom In» feature, which zooms in on the entire screen of any app you’re using. You can zoom in on the entire screen (Full Screen mode) or enlarge part of the screen in a window of a selected size (Magnify Window mode). The Zoom feature can be used in conjunction with the VoiceOver feature.

Zoom setting

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Zoom and turn on Zoom.
Set one of the following options.
- Focus follow. Track selected objects, text entry points, and typing.
- Smart kit. Switch to Window mode when the keyboard appears.
- Keyboard shortcuts. Control the Zoom feature with keyboard shortcuts supported by an external keyboard.
- Zoom controller. Turn on the controller, set controller actions, and set color and transparency.
- Zoom area. Select Full Screen or Window.
- Filter. Select No Filter, Inverted, Grayscale, Grayscale. (inv.)» or «Weak light».
- Zoom limit. Drag the slider to adjust the zoom level.
When using iPhone with an assistive pointing device, you can change the following settings in Pointer Control.
- Zoom. Select Continuous, Center, or Edge to specify how the screen image follows the pointer.
- Adjust using Zoom. Using the «Zoom» function, you can zoom with the pointer.
To add Zoom to accessibility commands, go to Settings > Accessibility > Shortcuts and tap Zoom.

Using the Zoom function

Double-tap the screen with three fingers or use the accessibility shortcut to turn on the Zoom function.
To enlarge the screen’s viewing area, do one of the following:
- Magnification percentage setting. Double-tap the screen with three fingers (do not lift your fingers after the second tap), and slide your fingers up or down the screen. You can also triple-tap the screen with three fingers and then drag the Zoom level slider.
- Move the zoom lens. (Window) Pull the mark at the bottom of the magnification lens.
- Scroll to another part of the screen. (Full screen) Swipe with three fingers across the screen.
To select settings in the Zoom menu, triple-tap the screen with three fingers and adjust any of the options below.
- Mode selection. Select Full Screen or Window.
- Changing lens size. (Window) Tap Resize Lens and drag any of the circle handles that appear.
- Filter selection. Select Inverted, Grayscale, Grayscale. (inv.)» or «Weak light».
- Controller display. Display the zoom controller on the screen.
To use the zoom controller, do any of the following.
- Displays the Zoom menu. Touch the controller.
- Zoom in and out. Double-tap the controller.
- Pan. In zoom mode, drag the controller.

When you control the Zoom function using the Magic Keyboard, the area to which the Zoom function is applied moves after the insertion point while remaining centered on the screen. See Pairing a Magic Keyboard with an iPhone.

To turn off the zoom function, double-tap the screen with three fingers or use the accessibility shortcut.

See Also Enlarging the iPhone Screen with Zoom Display

Viewing and Responding to Notifications on iPhone

Notifications help you keep up with the news. They report missed calls, appointment changes, and other events. You can customize your notification settings so that you receive only the information that is important to you.

If notifications are not silenced with focus, iPhone displays them as they arrive. Notifications appear from the bottom edge of the screen without distracting you from business. They can be viewed on the lock screen as an expanded list, a stack, or a number of notifications. Pinch a notification on the lock screen to change the display setting.

While using the application, you may be prompted to specify when you want to receive notifications: always, during a scheduled notification review, or never. You can change this setting later by going to Settings > Notifications.

Search for notifications in the Notification Center.

To view notifications in the Notification Center, do any of the following:

On the lock screen. Swipe up from the middle of the screen.
On other screens. Swipe down from the center of the top edge. You can then scroll up to view older notifications, if any.

To close the Action Center, swipe up from the bottom of the screen with one finger or press the Home button (on an iPhone with a Home button).

Responding to notifications

When multiple notifications appear in Action Center or on the lock screen, they are grouped by app to make it easier to view and respond to notifications. Notifications from some apps can also be grouped using sorting features within the app itself (for example, by topic or thread). Notification groups are grouped into small stacks with the most recent notification at the top.

You can do the following.

To expand a group of notifications and view all notifications individually: tap the group. To collapse a notification group, tap Show Less.
To view the notification and take quick actions, if available in the app (on supported models): Touch and hold the notification.
To open the notification app: tap the notification.

Schedule a notification overview

You can limit distractions throughout the day by scheduling your notifications to appear as a daily overview. You choose which notifications to include in the overview and when to show it.

The notification overview is personalized for you and ordered by priority based on your current activity, with the most recent notifications at the top. Overview is especially useful as it allows you to view notifications at a time that suits you. In addition, if you need to focus on a task, you can filter incoming notifications using the focus mode.

Go to Settings > Notifications > Schedule Review and turn on Schedule Review.
Select the applications to include in the overview.
Set the review time. If you want to get a different review, tap the add review button.
In the Apps overview, tap A-Z, then make sure the apps you want are turned on.

View, close, delete, and turn off notifications

When notifications appear on iPhone, you can do one of the following:

View a received notification while using another application. Tap to view the notification, then swipe up to dismiss it.
Delete notifications. Swipe left on a notification or notification group, then tap Clear or Clear All.
Turn off app notifications. Swipe left on a notification or group of notifications, tap Options, then tap an option to turn off app notifications for an hour or a day. After that, notifications are sent directly to the Notification Center and they will not appear on the lock screen, no sound will play, the screen will light up, or a banner will appear when they are received.