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Math Box: Counting practice

April 25, 2011 Ticia 10 Comments

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Do your kids love Easter egg hunts?  Or just finding things?

 

Well, mine love it.  As soon as they had a valid excuse they got out the “Jesus Eggs” (also known as Resurrection Eggs, if you’re not in my family).

 

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So, our math on Friday was to find the eggs and then solve the two different types of math problems:

1.  Putting the number in it’s place and gluing it down, which Superman is doing there.

and

2. Creating a math problem from the jelly beans in the egg.

 

Not too surprisingly the second one was wildly popular, but the first one was too.  So, now I need to remember to do the silly easy things more often, because it’s a great confidence booster for the boys and review of an easy skill, and good practice for the girl.

Math printable was found here.  She’s got great units for almost every holiday.

Homeschool Holidays, math Easter

Comments

  1. Christy says

    April 25, 2011 at 11:28 am

    Sounds like fun!

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  2. Phyllis says

    April 25, 2011 at 11:58 am

    We do jellybean math this time of year, too.

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  3. Jeff says

    April 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    So does Jelly bean math mostly consist of subtraction?

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  4. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    April 25, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    Jeff is funny! 🙂

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  5. Debbie says

    April 25, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    I love Jeff's comment! That is what it would be here.

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  6. Ticia says

    April 25, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    Well, yes it did eventually.

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  7. MaryAnne says

    April 25, 2011 at 3:20 pm

    Great ideas!

    My family used to guess how many jelly beans in a jar every year.

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  8. Raising a Happy Child says

    April 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    It sounds like another step in playful learning. I want to try problem making one day soon.

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  9. Cindy says

    April 26, 2011 at 12:36 am

    How fun! My boys would love this. Thanks for posting at Math Monday!

    Reply
  10. Elise says

    April 26, 2011 at 7:02 am

    You can't go wrong with maths problems and food!

    Reply

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