Flip-Flops are a great resource – simple to make and fun to use. I have had them as part of my maths kit for years (I think they first appeared in Number Work for Infants by Thomas and Bannister in 1974) and when I used them in a school recently the teacher had forgotten all about them, even though they had been one of her favourite resources in the past. So here’s a reminder.
Teaching tips:
• Crease each line of the squares backwards and forwards so they are easy to fold.
• Be creative and use Flip-Flops to count in 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s… by using different pictures in each square.
• No need to laminate them, just make them from normal photocopiable paper and once they are torn or ripped they are easy to replace.
It is amazing how long they last – I've have one from the early 1990s!
