Number Hats Represent 11-20 different ways

Number Hats Representing 11 - 20 in different ways for Foundation Phase

These number hats will add lots of fun when learning about numbers 11 to 20 and are a perfect companion to the number hats 1 to 10. There are 10 number hats included. No prep needed! Print-friendly, black ink pdf download.

Each student will need:
From the pdf:

• 1 hat page
• 1 matching band page (you may prefer to choose which bands they use)

Also need:

• colouring crayons/pencils etc
• scissors
• glue or sticky tape

Represent numbers 11 to 20 in different ways including:

• Ten frames
• tally
• bead strings
• place value cubes
• number line
• Number word
• Digit

Students also have an opportunity to develop their fine motor skills when cutting out the hat carefully following the dotted line.

The hats are very easy to put together and your students assemble almost the entire hat on their own! All you need to do is glue or tape the bands together. You may want to choose which band they use.

There is a choice of 2 band designs:

• trace on handwriting lines
• bold outline to colour or trace

Suggested activities with the completed hats:

When the students have completed their number hats, they could practise number bonds of 20. The teacher randomly chooses a number from 0 to 10 and students wearing the hats which would make 20, jump up and do a wiggle dance (or whatever you choose).
Students could sort themselves into groups according to their teachers instructions. e.g. smallest to largest, largest to smallest, odds and evens, …
It can also be interesting to allow students to come up with their own games!