Math Handshaking Game

Last week Glitter played the handshaking game for her math lesson.

Because we don't have ready access to ten people, we used dolls. Each doll represents one number. Here's the cast of characters:

1: Clair
2: Mad Hatter
3: Julie
4: Baby Baby
5: Ethan
5: Purple haired doll
6: Bonnie
7: Elizabeth
8: Little Red Riding Hood
9: Julie
(Yes, I know all the dolls' names. The purple haired doll doesn't have a name.)


The object of the game is to go through the combinations that make 10. 1 shakes hands with 9, 2 shakes hands with 3, 4 shakes hands with 6. 5 shakes hands with 5, 6 shakes hands with 4, 7 shakes hands with 3, 8 shakes hands with 2, and 9 shakes hands with 1. All of the numbers, except the 5's, shake hands twice. The 5's shake hands only once.

Sparkle controlled the dolls for 1-5 and Glitter controlled the dolls for 5-9.