- Counted the number of sweets before eating
- Grouped the sweets by color or type
- Compared the sizes of various sweets
- Shared the sweets equally with friends or siblings
- Measured the length or height of different sweets
- Addition: Added the number of sweets eaten to the number remaining
- Subtraction: Subtracting the number of sweets eaten from the original number
- Introduced the concept of fractions by dividing the sweets into halves or quarters
Continued development: Encourage the child to explore more math concepts through imaginary play or real-life scenarios with sweets, such as setting up a pretend sweet shop and practicing addition and subtraction with customers. They can also create their own word problems involving sweets to solve. Additionally, they can experiment with different shapes and sizes of sweets to learn about geometry and measurement.