Recommended age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences)
Purpose: To present the entire structure of addition and to help the child memorise the addition combinations
Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently
Prerequisites
- The child must be able to count accurately from 1-10 and onwards
- The child must be able to write numbers
- The child must be able to match the numeral symbol with its quantity of numbers 1-10 and beyond
- The child must have had many experiences doing addition with the golden beads
Materials
* The addition strip board
* Blue strips 1 to 9
* Red strips with partitions 1 to 9
* Prepared addition tables
* Pencil
* Small pieces of blank paper
* Prepared equations
* A small box to keep the equations)
* Addition Strip Board (Presentation 1) PDF X 1
Preparation
NOTE (you will be using the addition strip board, addition strips, red and blue and the control chart from the first presentation)
Steps
- Invite the child letting them know that you have another activity to show them with the addition strip board
- Invite the child to bring the materials to the table, you bring the box of prepared equations
- The child may set up the blue and red addition strips as per the first presentation (blue strips on the left from 9-1, red strips on the right from 9-1 above the addition strip board)
- Invite the child to pick a prepared equation
- Show the child how to make the equation on the board, pointing out the first number for example 3+5=, taking the blue 3 and placing it on the top left side of the board
- Then take the red 5 and place next to the blue 3, letting the child know the answer is at the end
- Model how to write the whole equation on the blank paper (3+5=8)
- Invite the child to have a turn
- Once the child has had a few turns, inform them they can check their answers using control chart 1
- Leave the child to work independently to continue making and writing equations
