Putting together

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

Read together

Two apples and one more apple. How many?

Count them all. Three!

Do it

1. Use toys or fruit. Put 2 in one group and 1 in another.
2. Push the groups together and count all. Say, “2 and 1 make 3.”
3. Try other small sums: 1 and 1, 3 and 1, 2 and 2.
4. Tell a short story: “Two ducks swim. One more comes. How many ducks?”

Talk about it

• How many are there now?
• What if we add one more?

For the grown-up

Adding starts with real things, counted together. Use small numbers and stories. Writing + and = can come later.

Mark as done

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Where this comes from

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