A CardEd Challenge for You!

Check out this infographic (Printable PDF linked below) highlighting the range of topics covered by CardEd and the progression possible using all four of our card sets.

We are confident CardEd can inspire a myriad of activities, but don’t just take our word for it!  Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to use the zones shown to invent as many activities as possible.

Looking at the zones shown on the infographic, how many activities can you think of in 5 minutes?  What are the easiest activities you can think of? What is the most challenging task that springs to mind?  

When the time is up, you may wish to compare your list with the one below.

How about asking your child(ren)/class to:

1. In 2 minutes, write down as many CVC words as possible with a in the middle.
2. List as many words as possible beginning with sh.  Award bonus points for antonyms provided for any words on the list.
3. List as many words as possible ending in -rd.
4. Guess whether more words begin with war- or quar-, list as many as possible and use a dictionary to check results.
5. A parrot is a bird.  How many more birds can you name in 3 minutes?
6. What is the opposite of rise?
7. Using clean as a root word and adding prefixes/suffixes, how many new words can you form?
8. Name all the seas you know.
9. Can you define roam?  Do you know any synonyms for it?
10. What is meant by the saying “you have to be cruel to be kind?’
11. Complete the word ladder, changing dog to lit in 3 moves.
12. Complete the word ladder changing ghee to flax in 4 moves.  Do you know what these 2 things are?
13. What word can be added to finger, foot, blue, news, and hand to create new compound words?
14. Find the odd one out: few, now, pew, dew, new.  Can you put each word in a sentence?
15. Using the numbers 1, 11, and 66 (no limit on the number of times they can be used) and any mathematical operations, can you make 110?  How many different ways can you reach this total?
16. Looking at the numbers, 1, 11, 66, and 110, are any of these prime?  How do you know?
17. In 3 minutes, how many sums can you write down using the numbers 1, 11, 66, and 110?  In 6 minutes, how many of them can you solve?
18. Draw factor trees for 11, 66, and 110 and circle the HCF in each.
19. Name all the triangles you know and describe their properties.
20. Can you solve the number and shape sudoku puzzles?
21. Find 8/10, 0.4, and 50% of 110.  Can you think of any quick ways to solve these?
22. Next find 8/10, 0.4, and 50% of 66.  
23. On squared paper, copy the image with the coloured squares and show its reflection.
24. Is 0.4 50% of 8/10? How do you know?
25. Can you use the > and < symbols to compare the numbers on the cards?

We’d love to hear from you and would be thrilled to hear any of your ideas for ways to use CardEd as a teaching and learning tool.

Don’t forget, all 4 CardEd sets are now available for free in the Play Store!  Why not download today and avail of all these learning opportunities at the touch of a button?

Click for Infographic PDF – Dumond Education CardEd Sets 1 to 4 The learning areas covered