Counting high with "Up"

I'm very proud of this project!

I was teaching my second and third grades to count from 1 up to 100 by ones and by twos. I wanted a project which helped them to visualize the numbers and their multiples. Searching on Pinterest, I came across a similar project and that's where my inspiration came from. 

The first step was to draw a house similar to the movie "Up!". If you are as talented as I am, you'll love this trick I got from a friend. I projected the image I wanted on the board and then I simply copied it. That is the result...

Having done this, I was ready to start my project.

Part 1

I made one as an example and posted it on the white board.

I taught the numbers for my second grade and revised them with my third. 

For recognition, I asked them the following questions:

What color is number twelve? 

After doing this for a while, I played a memory game with them. I said the number, they were to tell me the color of the balloon the number was written on.

Part 2

The second part is the work to be done!

I have 12 students, so I divided them into 4 groups. Each group had one poster to color.

I asked them to color the house the way they wanted.

Part 3

After coloring, it's time to blow the balloons and use scotch tape to attach them to the posters. But before this step we agreed on a few things.

They could only speak English, that is, if they spoke Portuguese, they would be invited to sit down.

I had one student counting the balloons, another writing on them and another one attaching them to the poster. I was very strict with Portuguese.

They practiced a lot... Not only the numbers but also the sequencing!

Follow-up

I kept on practicing the numbers and sequencing and multiples the following classes using the material they produced... It was a really nice project!