But what to do with the kiddos? I decided a delicious math activity was in order, so I quickly made up an addition fill-in-the-blank worksheet on Word and busted out the Valentine's M&Ms. Abby has been working on this concept in school, so for her it was review. For Lauren it was a chance to sharpen her counting skills, and since I kept the numbers in the ten local, I didn't have to worry about Lauren's absurd, yet all-too-cute counting skills getting in the way.... twenty-eighteen, twenty-nineteen, twenty-twenty, you get the idea.
Supplies:
- Worksheet {I created my own on Word}
- Pencil
- M&Ms {two different colors}
- Coordinating crayons
I filled each bowl, then let the girls do the drawing and filling in the numbers. When they added them up I sent them to the refrigerator where I had taped a 100s Chart to find the answer on the chart. They loved it! Once they mastered the concept I set them free to fill the bowls themselves and complete the problem. They loved that even more!
Of course their favorite part was eating all of the M&Ms when they were done.
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