Snap

Two or more people take turns putting a playing card one on top of another. The person who calculates the decided number first says snap and collects the cards. Keep going until one person loses all their cards.

PURPOSE

This activity ensures the learners are able to compute their basic math facts automatically.

• Step 1

  Deal all the number cards equally among the players.

• Step 2

  Next, ask the learner to decide which operation they wish to work with and what the total must be. For example: They decide they want to work with addition and the total number must be 10.

• Step 3

  Then, hand out the cards to each player, facing down. Each player takes a turn picking up a card from their own pile and placing it face up in the center, one on top of each other.

• Step 4

  Keep calculating the top 2 cards (e.g., 3+4, 2+8), and when the numbers equal the predetermined total (e.g., 10), a player calls “Snap” while slapping their hand onto the top of the pile of cards. The first player to do this wins the pile and adds these cards to the bottom of their pile.

• Step 5

  The player that runs out of cards is out of the game and the player with the most cards wins.

• Additional Exercise

  If the learner wants to include the other cards (e.g., WILD, Jacks etc.), then assign each of them a number value.

• Simplified Exercise

  Ask the learner to make their own number cards. About 30-40, with any number they wish to have.

• For a longer project where the learner can create their own math games, please refer to Math Cards here: Link