More and fewer

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 10 minutes

Read together

Which has more? Which has fewer?

Count to find out.

Do it

1. Make two piles of blocks or spoons, with different numbers: 4 and 6.
2. Match them one to one in two lines. Which line is longer? Which has some left over?
3. Count each pile to check. Say, “6 is more than 4. 4 is fewer than 6.”
4. Play “more or fewer?”: add or take one from a pile and ask again.

Talk about it

• Which pile has more?
• How many more?

For the grown-up

Comparing numbers is the start of ideas about greater and less. Matching one to one shows the difference without counting.

Mark as done

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