Objective
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to add numbers together to find the total.
Materials and Prep
Materials: Pencil, paper
No prior knowledge needed, just a willingness to learn!
Activities
Activity 1: Let's start with some simple addition problems. Write down the numbers and add them up using your fingers to help.
Activity 2: How about a fun game? Let's pretend you have 5 toys and your friend gives you 3 more. How many toys do you have now?
Activity 3: Let's use some everyday objects like apples or candies to practice addition. Count them and add them up!
Talking Points
- "Adding means putting numbers together to find out how many there are in total."
- "When we add, we are finding the total amount of things we have."
- "Adding is like combining groups to see how many in all."
- "Adding is like joining numbers to make a bigger number."
- "When we add, we are making a new number that includes all the parts added together."
- "Adding is like counting all the things we have in one big group."