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How to Have a Fun Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers

November 30, 2016 By Deb Chitwood 2 Comments

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My 3-year-old granddaughter has loved all the tea parties we’ve had focusing on manners. Yesterday, I decided to have a simple but fun party that we called our fraction party. We used Spielgaben wooden cubes and invited some of Zoey’s stuffed animal friends.

How to Have a Fun Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Spielgaben. All opinions are honest and my own. This post also contains affiliate links (at no cost to you).

Spielgaben, Version 4

Spielgaben, Version 4

Cabinet for Spielgaben Version 4

Cabinet for Spielgaben Version 4

In case you’re not familiar with Spielgaben toys, they are exceptionally high-quality educational toys designed for ages 3-12. You can see from the photo that the cabinet is very high quality and fits in well in a room with traditional Montessori materials. I love the new, easily removable drawers in version 4.

The Spielgaben complete set comes with over 700 pages of full-color printed learning materials. These printed materials help you as a parent or teacher easily use Spielgaben toys educationally with your child and/or students.

Note: The yarn balls in set 1 are fine for babies and toddlers. The other sets should only be used with ages 3 and older unless your toddler no longer mouths objects or you are constantly supervising your toddler during an activity using the materials.

Spielgaben Materials Used in This Post

For this post, I used the natural wooden cubes from Spielgaben Sets 3-6 and Spielgaben Math Guide 2, Part 1, Play 18.

Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers

This activity had its roots in one of Zoey’s favorite books at my house: The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear. At the end of the book, the mouse cuts the red, ripe strawberry in two and shares half. The last line says: “Now, that’s one red, ripe strawberry the big, hungry bear will never get!” Zoey’s had fun spontaneously re-enacting that scene with her snacks.

Then Zoey had lots of fun with her Melissa & Doug Cutting Fruit set when we talked about fractions.

First Page of Share a Cake with Friends Fraction Activity from Spielgaben

First Page of Share a Cake with Friends Fraction Activity from Spielgaben

So, I looked in the Spielgaben math guide to see if there were any fun introductions to fractions. And I found the perfect activity!

We adapted it to add stuffed animals. I also made a 4-cube cake rather than an 8-cube cake to simplify the fractions.

This activity would be a fun introduction to fractions for preschoolers and even older toddlers.

Ready to Start the Fraction Party with a Whole "Cake."

Ready to Start the Fraction Party with a Whole “Cake.”

First, we invited Zoey’s friend, Pete the Cat. Then we made a “whole cake” with four Spielgaben wooden cubes.

Cutting the Cake into Halves

Cutting the Cake into Halves

Zoey “cut” the “cake” into halves.

Sharing Half the Cake with Pete the Cat

Sharing Half the Cake with Pete the Cat

Then Zoey shared half the cake with Pete the Cat.

Next, we focused on fourths. We invited two more stuffed friends – a snowman and a dog.

Cutting the Cake into Fourths

Cutting the Cake into Fourths

This time, Zoey cut the cake into fourths.

Sharing Fourths

Sharing Fourths

Then Zoey shared the fourths with her friends.

Entertaining Guests at the Fun Fraction Party

Entertaining Guests at the Fun Fraction Party

Zoey was a great hostess and made sure she kept her guests entertained. Is this photo TOO CUTE or what???!!!

Zoey decided that it was everyone’s birthday, so we sang “Happy Birthday to us.”

A Happy Fraction Party

A Happy Fraction Party

It was a very happy fraction party. Zoey understood the concept of fractions. And there were lots of great opportunities to practice manners, too. Zoey and her friends were careful to say “please,” “thank you,” and “you’re welcome.”

Even though we didn’t serve tea, we considered it one of our fun tea parties. Zoey even insisted on sharing with me, too. So we added a fifth cube and plate, and Zoey shared one-fifth with me. So much fun! 🙂

All My Spielgaben Posts

Many of these include links to free printables! (Click on an image to go to the related blog post. The gallery is ordered according to publication date with my latest post at the top.)

Nature Card Inspiration and First Grade Position and Direction Work with Spielgaben
Working with or Reviewing Addition Facts with Spielgaben
Number Writing Practice along with Spielgaben Hands-on Activities
Cube Building with Montessori and Spielgaben Materials
Montessori-Inspired Moon Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Spielgaben STEM Challenge - Build and Fly a Magnetic Airplane
Montessori-Inspired Symmetry and Spinner Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Weather Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
How to Get Started with Spielgaben Educational Toys
How to Have a Fun Fraction Party for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Montessori-Inspired Phonics Activities Using Wooden Cubes and Free Printables
Ten Apples Up On Top Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
How to Use Spielgaben for Montessori-Inspired Homeschooling or Afterschooling
Fine Motor Fun and Exploring Shapes with Spielgaben Set 8
Quick and Easy Spielgaben Activity Bags
un with Matchstick Puzzles for Multiple Ages {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Spring Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Telling Time Activities with Wooden Sticks and Dots {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Winter Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
How to Prepare Montessori Sensorial Extensions with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Fall Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Train Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
https://livingmontessorinow.com/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-addition-activities-using-dots-free-printables/
Toddler Fine-Motor Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Summer Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities for Toddlers {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Easter Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Rainbow Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Valentine Activities with Spielgaben
Montessori-Inspired Color Games {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Christmas Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Phonics Activities Using Dots {Free Printables}
Montessori-Inspired Sphere, Cube, Cylinder Activities
Montessori-Inspired Activities Using Spheres
Montessori-Inspired Activities for Babies and Toddlers Using Yarn Balls
Montessori-Inspired Math Activities Using Cubes and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Age and Birthday Activities
Are Spielgaben Educational Toys Worth the Price?
Using Montessori-Inspired Activities for Elementary-Level Learning
Geometric Solid Dressing, Wrapping, and Gift Giving (and Receiving)
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities Using Yarn Balls and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Geometry Activities Using Wooden Shapes and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Math Activities Using Wooden Beads and Free Printables
Montessori-Inspired Color Activities Using Wooden Toys and Free Printables
Spielgaben Educational Toy Review

Version 4 of Spielgaben Educational Toys 

I highly recommend Spielgaben as an amazing educational material for home or school. Even though the toys aren’t inexpensive, they’re definitely worth the price because of the high quality of materials and number of years your children or students can use them.

Spielgaben Version 4

Spielgaben Version 4

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  1. Anya says

    December 1, 2016 at 9:20 am

    Beautiful post! Love the tea party idea – I did something similar with Adrian (also 3 yrs!), where he had given a piece/a fraction to his animals – in post: “Fractions – Montessori Math Lesson” , Anya @ Montessori From The Heart

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  2. Fernando Camberos says

    December 7, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    This is definitely an incredibly rich resource that you have spent so much valuable time developing Debbie, I’ll recommend it to parents at our school as well as link to it in our Montessori Resources section so that our teachers can take a look. Thanks! I also used your site to decide which MOntessori materials to buy, so thanks thanks thanks!

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