What You Will Need:

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Supplies from "Fraction Fun"

Fly Swatter or Pancake Flipper

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What You Do:

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1. Smack Em (Identifying Fractions): Choose a fraction. Lay it and three other fractions on the table. Say the name of the fraction. For example, five tenths. Let your student use the fly swatter or pancake flipper to smack the correct answer. Next step: say the name of an equivalent fraction, such as on-half (five tenths). For some competitive fun, this game can be played with more than one person.

2. Stack Em Up: Finding Equivalent Fractions: Put the half circle on the table. Encourage your student to find other color pieces and stack them on top of the half circle so they fit exactly. Through this process, your student will discover that 2/4 = 1/2, 3/6=1/2, 2/12+1/6=1/2, etc. Acknowledge his achievement by saying, "Yes, your are right two fourths is the same as one half. They are equivalent." Repeat, starting with different colors.

3. Smack Em (Identifying Equivalent Fractions). Choose a fraction (one half). Lay it and three other fractions on the table. Say, "Smack a fraction that is the same as or equivalent to five tenths?" The child "smacks" one-half. If he has trouble identifying the equivalent fraction, take out the corresponding fraction pieces and let your child Stack Em UP. Repeat while interest lasts or until the student is competent*. 

4. Can You Guess My Pattern: Create a pattern using the fraction circles. Let your student guess what comes next. Repeat while interest lasts. Variation: Let your child create a pattern. You guess what comes next. 

5. Adding Fractions:

   1. Using the same color fractions (like denominators), let your child add them (see "Adding Fractions #1). Repeat until the child is competent*.

   2. Next Step: Play Stack Em Up again. Next, using the same color fractions, let your child add them. Ask your child if he can substitute a different color fraction for the answer (see "Adding Fractions #2). Repeat until the child is competent. Note: It may take a long time for the child to become competent. Don't rush it.

   3. Smack Em: Think of a problem, such as 1/4+1/4=1/2. Lay out four fractions, including 1/2 (see "Adding Fraction #3). Say, "What is 1/4 plus 1/4? Let your child smack the answer (1/2).