Near Doubles Activities Like ‘Wizard’s Walk’ Make Fact Practice Fun

Embark on a magical maths adventure with ‘Wizard’s Walk,’ one of our near doubles activities designed to make mastering near doubles facts fun and engaging! Perfect for classroom centres or guides group work, this fantasy-themed game invites students into a world of wizards, trolls and enchanted forests as they practice near doubles addition facts like 3 + 4 and 5 + 6.

With every roll of the die, players journey across the board. Correct answers let them advance, while mistakes send them back—adding excitement and motivation to every turn.

Included in this near doubles game:

• Fantasy-themed game board 
• Game pieces 
• Printable number cube
• Game cards featuring near doubles facts 
• Game instructions
• Answer key for all game cards

Near doubles activities like ‘Wizard’s Walk’ are a delightful way to reinforce maths skills through imaginative play.

Prepare and Play Our Near Doubles Activity

Near doubles activities like this one take just a little preparation, and then you and your students can enjoy them for years to come. Here’s how to get your students going on ‘Wizard’s Walk.’

Prepare

1. Download the near doubles activity in the format of your choice.
2. Print the game board, cards, answer key, game pieces and number cube. We recommend printing on cardboard for durability and longevity.
3. Cut apart the cards and game pieces, and assemble the number cube.

Play

1. Students place game tokens at ‘Start’ and the cards on the ‘Draw Pile’ space. Player 1 rolls the number cube and moves forward the same number of spaces.
2. The player follows the directions on the space.
3. If the player lands on a picture, they will choose a card and solve the equation. A correct answer allows them to stay on the space, while an incorrect answer will send them back to their previous space.
4. Players take turns. The player who gets to the ‘Finish’ space first, wins!

Download This Near Doubles Game

This near doubles game is available in both Google Slides and PDF formats. To download it, click the drop-down arrow on the download button and choose the version that works best for you.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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