we reintroduced the concept of “math sentences” again.
after using real nuts to demonstrate that no matter how you group them, ten nuts will always add up to ten nuts, the children had paper nuts to glue in and/or out of the basket.
for some reason, this one is the “silly” one:
but not quite as silly as when there are no nuts in the basket.
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Love this…we are doing nuts in a few weeks…I may steal your idea. :)
That is such a great idea.. They can take it home too!