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Game card for parents · 0B-5 · Ages 4–6 · 10 min

Bottle Bowling

Knocked down plus still standing is always ten, so your child practises the pairs that make ten while playing.

S-1 Numbers are amountsS-6 Mistakes are fine — try it

You need

  • 10 empty plastic bottles
  • a soft ball

How to play

  1. Stand the 10 bottles in a group and count them together.
  2. Your child rolls the ball at them.
  3. Count how many fell down.
  4. Ask how many are still standing, then check.
  5. Stand them up and take turns.

Guess first

Four fell down. How many do you think are still standing? Count them and see.

Three things to ask

  1. Could you tell how many were standing without counting them?
  2. What would you need to knock down for a strike?
  3. If 9 fall, how many are left?

Easier

Use 5 bottles.

Harder

Guess how many will fall before each roll, and keep score on paper.

Watch for

Pairs like 5 and 5 or 9 and 1 tend to stick first. If your child counts every bottle every time, that's still useful practice.

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