Help your students build a strong foundation in halving with our playful and practical Halving Task Cards: Elephant Food set! This interactive resource supports students in linking the concept of halving to real-world contexts through engaging visuals and accessible activities.

Each of the 20 task cards features a friendly elephant inviting students to share food items equally. Students count the total number of items and then halve them by crossing out or covering one half. With opportunities to model equal sharing using manipulatives like counters or play dough, this task encourages both visual understanding and fine motor development.

This low-prep activity is ideal for maths rotations, early finishers, or individual exploration of halving and division. Sized to fit the Kmart rainbow photo storage containers, they’re easy to print, organise, and store alongside the rest of our themed halving sets:

• Halving Task Cards: Halving Buttons
• Halving Task Cards: Halving Play Dough
• Halving Task Cards: Honey Bear

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Understand halving as sharing into two equal groups
• ✅ Apply halving to practical real-world scenarios
• ✅ Develop counting and one-to-one correspondence skills
• ✅ Strengthen early division and problem-solving concepts

What’s Included:

• 20 task cards featuring food-sharing scenarios
• Elephant-themed illustrations to engage young learners
• Designed to fit Kmart rainbow photo storage containers

Materials Needed:

• Printed and cut task cards (laminate for reuse)
• Whiteboard markers
• Counters, play dough, or other small manipulatives (optional)
• Storage box or zip-lock bags

How to Use:

1. Print and laminate the task cards for durability.
2. Students count the number of food items shown on each card.
3. They cross out or cover half of the items to demonstrate equal sharing.
4. Use manipulatives to make the concept even more concrete.
5. Repeat with different cards for extra practise or as part of a station.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Add to your numeracy rotations for hands-on halving practice.
• 💡 Pair students together for collaborative problem-solving.
• 💡 Use during intervention groups to support developing number sense.
• 💡 Reinforce halving concepts during play-based learning blocks.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use counters or dough to physically model halving for students who need extra support.
• 💛 Encourage students to explain how they know they have halved correctly.
• 💛 Store each themed set in a labelled photo box for easy grab-and-go access.

Halving Task Cards: Elephant Food brings the maths concept of halving to life in a fun and relatable way, supporting visual learners and encouraging hands-on engagement.