🔢 Jumping Monkeys Take-Away

Los monitos saltarines se van

🔢 Math & Numbers K.OA.1K.OA.5WL.K.1
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Objective: Subtract by taking objects away from a group within 10 and find how many are left.

⏱️ ~30 min 🧺 2 min setup · animals· movement

🧺 Materials

  • 5 small toys or stuffed animals
  • a pillow or 'bed'

📋 Instructions (parent)

  1. Line up five toys on the pillow and count them in Spanish.
  2. Have one toy 'jump off and run away' as your child says 'se va uno'.
  3. Count how many are left and say 'quedan cuatro'.
  4. Keep taking one away, each time counting what remains.
  5. Finish with the empty bed: 'cero, no quedan monitos'.

➕ Extension ideas

  • Start with a different number each round and take away two at a time.
  • Sing 'Cinco monitos' together while acting it out.

🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish

Español
¡Cinco monitos están en la cama! Uy, uno salta y se va. ¿Cuántos monitos quedan ahora? Vamos a quitar uno a uno y contar cuántos se quedan en la cama.

💬 Conversation prompts

  • ¿Cuántos monitos hay al principio?
  • Si se va uno, ¿cuántos quedan?
  • ¿Quitamos otro monito?
  • ¿Cuántos quedan ahora en la cama?
  • ¿Quedan más o menos que antes?

🔑 Vocabulary

  • quitar — to take away
  • quedan — are left / remain
  • menos — less / minus
  • cero — zero
  • se va — goes away
  • contar — to count
  • monito — little monkey

Other ways to do it

⚡ 5-minute version

Take away just one toy and ask '¿cuántos quedan?' once.

🚗 Car version

Hold up fingers, hide some, and ask '¿cuántos dedos quedan?'

😴 No-energy version

Use raisins or grapes on a plate and 'eat away' one at a time, counting what is left.

🎯 California standards covered

K.OA.1 Showing Adding & Subtracting
“I can use objects, fingers, or drawings to show adding and taking away.”
K.OA.5 Add & Subtract Within 5
“I can quickly add and subtract numbers up to 5.”
WL.K.1 Exploring Spanish
“I can say hello, count, and name colors in Spanish.”
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