Putting Numbers in Order

Friday, I worked with a parent whose child was having difficulty with putting numbers in order. The child understood the concept of numbers in order, but needed a lot more practice. Numbers have an order or arrangement. The number two is between one and three. Three or more numbers can be placed in order. A number may come before the other numbers or it may come between them or after them. To help solve this problem, the parent used FlinkMake to create an interactive worksheet on the computer. It took only minutes to enter fifty numbers.


The game is fun and engaging, with an animated one-screen game board. The child plays against the computer. Each player gets a list of numbers. The object is to be the first player to get rid of all your numbers. The child drags a number from his list to the center. The computer does the same with a higher number. If you make a mistake, you get another number in your list. The child can play over and over again with different numbers in the lists. The parent can make a game in minutes, providing the child with a limitless number of ordering numbers problems.

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