{"id":33105,"date":"2018-10-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=33105"},"modified":"2018-10-19T04:18:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T09:18:08","slug":"candy-skip-counting-8-puzzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/candy-skip-counting-8-puzzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On Candy Themed Skip Counting by 8 Puzzles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Puzzles have always been a part of our learning. I love how they take a basic skill and make it hands-on. I also love using them for skip counting. Puzzles make a fun addition to learning math.<\/p>\n

Today I have some free candy themed skip counting puzzles. They are great for all year and around Halloween as well. These puzzles are skip counting by 8. <\/p>\n

This is a part of the 5 Days of Candy Printables<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I love that skip counting works so well into multiplication and division. It is a fun skill to learn for kids. Plus puzzles make it loads of fun for them.<\/p>\n

I also love that these have a fun candy theme that can be used all year! I know that candy is fun around Halloween and Valentines.<\/p>\n

Each of the puzzles is skip counting by 8. The first puzzle goes from 8 to 80 and the second set goes from 88 to 160. There are two sets of the puzzles. One set is vertical and the other is horizontal.<\/p>\n

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How we use these printables<\/h2>\n

I laminate<\/a>\"\" each of the puzzles and the blank board in the set. Since I have several sets of puzzles I have a blank board all set up. It makes it easier to reuse. I put putty<\/a> on the puzzles or the board. If we are just doing one puzzle, I do the puzzle pieces. If we are doing several puzzles, I do it on the blank board. This time I just did the blank board. You can see an example of it on the puzzles pieces here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The first time through the puzzle I just give her the board and the puzzle cut out. I will tell her the pattern of the numbers. Example: The puzzles are skip counting by 8s. Then she puts the puzzle together. I have her tell me the numbers as she puts them on the board. If it is a new number pattern, I might give her the skip counting bookmarks<\/a> to help from the 8 to 80.<\/p>\n

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After she has the puzzle finished we skip counting forward and then backward. This is a way to work in more of the memorization of the skip counting pattern.<\/p>\n

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I might also just give her the board and puzzles mixed up and have her fix the numbers on it. Then tell me the numbers.<\/p>\n

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What you will find in these printables:<\/h2>\n