Yummy Adding!

Leap is counting his candy. Help him count and add each type of candy. Write the answer or sum below each problem.

1 + 2

3 + 3

5 + 2

8 + 3

9 + 4

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Subtracting

Lily is subtracting. Can you help her? Lily has a plate of peas to eat.

Count all of the peas. Write the number.

She ate 5 peas. Draw an X on 5 peas.

Count how many peas are left. Write the number. Lily is cleaning out her closet. She needs to throw away the socks with holes.

Count all of Lilys socks. Write the number to show how many.

Draw an X on the socks that have holes.

Count how many socks are left. Write the number.

Lots of Money!

Tad and his family are hoping to buy some new dinosaur items. Count the money in each box and write the number to show the amount. Then, draw a line to match the money to the item that costs the same amount.

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Parent-Child Activities Page 1

Recognizing Numbers Get Moving! Number Hunt Encourage your child to find different numbers in your home. Give hints about where to look (i.e. cereal boxes, newspapers, books, clocks). Or, cut out paper numbers and hide them in one room of the house. See if your child can find the numbers 1-10, then put them in the correct order. Travel Look for numbers on street signs when you are out in the community or on a long car trip. Keep track of the numbers that you see with a number journal where your child can write down the numbers. When you arrive at your destination, have your child count the numbers that he or she has found. For example, ask your child, How many times did you find the number 6? Calendar Help your child begin to read a calendar by looking at the numbers. Show the number for his or her birthday and other significant days. Have your child count the number of days until important days. Writing Numbers Get Writing! Use sidewalk chalk, paint, crayons, or other materials to encourage your child to write and practice the numbers 1-20. Make pudding to use like finger paint, and spread it on a cookie sheet or table. Let your child get messy and write the numbers with his or her fingers. Or, get an old squirt bottle (like from dishwashing soap or syrup) and fill it with water; help your child to make water numbers on the sidewalk or driveway. Get Moving! Number Walk Trace some giant numbers on the sidewalk with chalk. Call out a number and have your child run to that number, then run on the path of the number. For example, if the number is 0, your child will run in a circle on the path of the zero. Yummy Numbers Use different food items to form the shape of the numbers. You might use marshmallows, pretzel sticks or rods, cereal pieces, noodles, jellybeans, chocolate chips, or fruit pieces to make each number. Eat the numbers when you are finished. Adding Egg-cellent Adding Use a plastic egg (like an Easter egg) and choose small items like pennies or paper clips. Open the egg and show your child how you can place some items in each half. For example, you might place 2 pennies in each side and say, Two pennies plus two pennies equals. Then, have your child put the egg together, mix it up and dump the pennies on the floor. Encourage your child to count all of the pennies together and identify the sum or total. Try it with different items and different number combinations. Have your child make up some problems and you provide the answer. See if your child can decide if you are right. Inside-Outside Upside-down Adding Use an old shoebox, and remind your child that there is an inside and outside of the box. Place some items inside the box and some items outside the box (you can use small toys, food items, pennies, or simple slips of paper). Ask your child to add the items together and tell you the sum. Variation: Place some items up on a chair or down under a chair and have your child add them together. Or, have your child add items that you have placed on and off of his or her plate. Have fun with opposites while adding! Silly Word Problems Make up funny short stories that have an adding twist. For example, ask your child a question like, If I had three eyes and you had six eyes, how many eyes would we have all together? or If you ordered seven ice cream sundaes and I ordered two, how many would we have all together? To make it more fun, ask your child to draw a picture to go along with the word problem.
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Subtracting A Dozen Ways To Subtract Save an empty egg carton with the twelve compartments. Find small items like pennies, fruit snacks, raisins, small pretzels, or other objects that will fit into the carton spaces. Place one item in each space and have your child count the total number of objects. Then, while your child is hiding his or her eyes, take away some of the items. Then ask your child to count how many are left. Subtraction Stories Using small items or toys, make up a simple story about a character (like a teddy bear) who takes away some of the items. For example, you might say, There once was a bear who loved toy cars. He had 10 racing cars, but he lost 2 of the cars outside. How many were left? Use real toys to help tell the story and allow your child to make up stories too. Pretend Shopping Give your child a grocery bag and pretend to go on a shopping trip at your house. Arrange items (like bags of fruit snacks or canned food) on the table for your child to see and ask him or her to count them. Have your child buy some of the items and place them in the bag. Help your child subtract by asking him or her to count how many items are left on the table. Writing the numbers on a piece of paper or saying the problem can help subtract and review. You might say, I had 7 cans of soup and you took 2 away, so now I have 5 left. Get Moving! Jump Back Subtract! Using sidewalk chalk, make a number line up to 10 or 20 on the driveway or sidewalk. Have your child choose a number to stand on (i.e. number 10). Using a simple equation, ask your child to jump backwards on the number line to subtract. For example, you might say, You have 10 cookies (you are on the 10). You ate 3 of them (jump back 3 spaces), how many are left? Your child should be standing on the number that shows the answer. Skip Counting Get Moving! Number Line Use chalk to make a simple number line on the sidewalk or driveway. Have your child jump by 2s down the number line. Try going forwards and backwards. When you count by 5s or 10s, have your child run to the next number and stop. Shoe Count Gather several pairs of shoes from different members of your house. Line them up across the floor and show your child how to count by 2s. Then, have your child skip count. Money Toy Store Set up a toy store in your house by marking different toys with simple price tags (like 25 cents, 40 cents, 75 cents, and other prices under $1.00). Give your child various coins, including a few of each type. Have your child come to the toy store and pay for different items that he or she would like to purchase. Help to count the money and check to see that your child has paid the correct amount. Switch roles so that your child can be the store-owner too. Or, try making this a snack store, where your child can buy a special treat for the day! Telling Time Get Moving! Dancing Time Look at the clock and choose the closest hour, half-hour, or quarter-hour for the next dancing break. For example, review the position of the big hand and the little hand, and tell your child that when it is 3:30, it is time to dance. Have your child watch the clock or check it periodically until it reaches the time then dance! Choose different times and different actions to try throughout the day. You might try running in place at 2:15 or doing sit ups at 7:45 make a list for times throughout the day, then stop at that time to do your action! 37
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First Grade Math

Skip Counting

page 109

page 111

page 113

Money

page 115

page 117

page 118

Time

page 122

page 123

page 126

Adding

page 99

page 101

page 125

Subtracting

page 103

page 105

page 125

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