Going Bananas Missing Number Learning Center

Available in color or black & white. Directions: The monkeys have mixed up all the bananas! Help the monkeys put the bananas back in order by writing the correct number on the bananas. Common Core Standards: Mathematics > Kindergarten > Counting and Cardinality:  Know number names and the count sequence.

The four-page file has a center header card with the directions and ten strips of five bananas each. Nine strips show some numbers between 2 and 22 with the other bananas left blank, and the last strip is blank. The page header suggests printing on cardstock, laminating and using dry-erase markers.

Ways to use it

• Laminate the strips and have students fill in the missing numbers with dry-erase markers.
• Use the blank strip to write your own number run for students who need more practice or a challenge.
• Have students count aloud along each strip before writing.
• Set it out as a math center with the header card.
• Use one strip as a quick check of counting forward.
• Cut the bananas apart and have students put them in order.