[blparent] Math Picnic

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

What a fun idea.  We'll definitely have to try this during the summer.
Thanks for sharing.
Melissa

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 10:08 PM
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Subject: [blparent] Math Picnic

So this afternoon when Sarah came home from school, I had this flash of
inspiration.  Since it doesn't happen often and since it worked so well, I
thought I'd share it with the rest of you, particularly moms of
preschoolers.

Sarah and I had a math picnic.  I filled plastic sandwich baggies with
little finger foods like crackers, cookies, and cereal pieces.  I would have
used fresh fruit as well if I had any, but I hadn't been to the store.
Anyway, we sat out on the porch swing and opened up the picnic basket.  We
would pick out something to snack on, and I'd make a simple addition or
subtraction project out of it.

If you have three Cheerios, and the Cheerio monster eats two of them, how
many are left?

If you have two cookies and you share one with me, how many do we each have?

If you have four crackers, and the cracker monster eats one, how many are
left?

Sarah enjoyed making up the stories as much as she did eating the snacks,
and it turned into a really fun activity.  Plus, it's early math education,
presented as a game.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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