While learning numbers in French is really just a matter of memorizing them, there are many ways to make the process fun and enjoyable. The secret to mastery is to make sure the numbers are practiced out of order.
As a teacher, I have encountered many students who can count like wildfire, but have no idea how to identify a number out of order. Attempts to do so usually involve rapid counting. This can take some time when the number is over fifty!
The good news is that there are many fun ways to ensure that numbers are drilled randomly. You can use a deck of number cards, either shuffled to say numbers randomly, or laid out face down in a grid to play Concentration.
You can write numbers on pieces of paper and draw them out of a hat. Do this first one at a time, then two at a time to add them, then two at a time to multiply them, as you learn higher numbers.
Bingo is a great game to practice numbers randomly. Counting by twos, threes, fives, and tens is a great way to get students thinking about their numbers. There are many possibilities to have fun and gain mastery of this important subject.
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