Pete the Cat Subtraction Game

Materials:

• Buttons or any small objects

• Dice

• Markers

• paper

• Scissors

• Free shirt template (Click on Free shirt template to get image to print) You can make your own too

Making the Math Game

1. Print out the shirt template or draw your own. (You can play the game using printed out sheet of paper or trace and cut one out on coloured paper.)

Playing the Math Game

Each player gets one shirt and places ten buttons on top of his/her shirt. The goal of the game is to be the first person to remove all ten buttons.

Roll the number die and remove the amount of buttons that correspond with the number rolled. Pass the die to the next person. He/she does the same thing.

Continue until one person has removed all ten buttons. (You could make the rule that you have to roll the exact number once you down to just a few buttons. For example, if you have only 1 button left, you must roll a one to remove it rather than a 3 or 2.)

Modifications

• Change the game into an addition math game by starting with an empty shirt and adding buttons based on the number rolled.

• Another idea is Start with an empty shirt, roll the die, and add that amount of buttons to his shirt. Continue in this manner until the shirt is completely filled with buttons. This is a great way to practice counting skills and one-to-one correspondence!