Get ready to indulge in some snowy fun with our FREE “Feed the Reindeer” math games! During these winter centers, students will enhance their fine motor skills and number sense by using pom poms and tweezers to carefully feed the reindeer. Not only do these reindeer activities serve as captivating winter fine motor activities, they also make the ideal addition to your Christmas centers. Let your little reindeer immerse themselves in a blizzard of learning, as they practice 1:1 counting, subitizing, adding, and making 10, with these differentiated reindeer math games!

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Feed the Reindeer Math Games Prep

• Brown paper cups
• Googly eyes
• Construction paper
• 2 inch pom poms
• Elmer’s liquid glue

In order to complete these feed the reindeer math activities, you will need to create a reindeer using a brown paper cup, construction paper, a 2 inch pom pom, and googly eyes.

First, cut out the antlers using brown construction paper. Then, attach them to the cup using Elmer’s liquid glue or a hot glue gun.

To complete the reindeer, add googly eyes and a red pom pom for the nose.

No brown paper cups? No problem! You can use a plastic water bottle instead!

Feed the Reindeer Math Games

1:1 Counting

To practice 1:1 counting, the students will “feed the reindeer” with the correct number of peppermint candies. Make sure to grab these “Feed the Reindeer” task cards available for download at the end of this post!

The students can also practice 1:1 counting by rolling a die and counting that many pom poms, as they use tweezers to “feed the reindeer.”

Consider using a ten-sided or twelve-sided die to make this center more challenging!

Subitizing

For this reindeer math game, the students will need pom poms and my favorite tweezers for little hands, as well as the FREE ten frames that can also be found at the end of this post.

First, they will select a card and use their subitizing skills to determine how many pom poms to feed the reindeer.

Then, they will use tweezers as they count the pom poms and “feed the reindeer.”

Adding

Students will need two dice, as well as two different colored pom poms for this addition game.

To begin, students will roll the dice. The first die will represent one addend and the second die will represent the other other addend.

Next, the students will “feed the reindeer” with the pom poms and record the number sentence on this FREE response sheet.

If you’re looking for an added challenge, use dice that have numerals on them instead of dots. This way, the students will need to use the pom poms to model the problem, rather than counting the dots on the dice.

Find the Missing Addend

This game is great for identifying the missing addend for 10 and providing more of a challenge for students.

To play, the students will need two different colored pom poms, as well as the FREE reindeer task cards and making 10 response sheet which can be found at the bottom of this post.

First, they will select a reindeer card from the task card stack and add the corresponding number of pom poms to their cup.

Subsequently, the students must count on to determine the missing addend required to reach a total of 10.

Race to 20

Race to 20 is a great partner activity that requires a die, two feed the reindeer cups, and 20 pom poms.

To play this game, the students take turns rolling the die and adding that many pom poms to their reindeer cup using tweezers.

Whichever student feeds their reindeer with 20 pom poms first wins!

You can also have students use a +/- die so they can work on both adding and subtracting within 20 for an additional challenge.

More Reindeer Activities

If you are looking for more ways to incorporate reindeer into your winter lesson plans, this reindeer shape book is for you!

Easily integrate science, math, literacy and social studies into your nonfiction reindeer research, with these 15 interactive reindeer activities and adorable reindeer craft!

Students will learn about the:

• life cycle of a reindeer
• parts of a reindeer
• diet of a reindeer
• names of a reindeer
• location and habitat of a reindeer
• antlers and more!

See these reindeer activities in action by heading to the full blog post!

More Winter Activities

For more fine motor practice, add these December fine motor morning tubs to your daily routine!

Find our favorite classroom Christmas party activities with a winter theme here!

Discover who stole the gingerbread cookie, as you review math and literacy skills, with these gingerbread man centers!

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