Addition in the Ocean Escape Room | Pre-K/Kindergarten/1st Grade Math Game

HELP!! Our dear friend Jiggy the jellyfish is lost at sea!
He went to play a game of tic tac toe and we haven't seen him since 9 o'clock this morning. He needs to be home for a snack in 30 minutes! Do you think you can help me bring him home?

This course is designed for students who have a beginner's level knowledge of addition. We will work on addition within 10, so no sums will be greater than 10. An advanced pre-kindergarten student, kindergarten student, or struggling first grade student would be the perfect match for this class. I will guide students through an escape room format, where we must solve the equation to go on to the next section/room of the ocean. In each section/room we will meet a new ocean animal who will have a problem for us to solve. There will be addition problems using tens frames, dominos, tally marks, number lines and fingers for us to answer along the way. As the teacher and facilitator of the escape room, I will guide learners through the best ways to approach each addition equation. Sometimes we might look at the equation in a different way to solve the way that fits the learner or the group best. The escape room is an interactive 30 minutes of solving math facts together, so learners can participate as much or as little as they feel comfortable. Learners will be invited to identify items such as the tens frames, counters, the addition sign, the equal sign, the number line and more as we go. 

Are you up for the challenge?