Subtraction chart 2

Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences)

Purpose: To offer more opportunities for repetition in the memorization of the essential subtraction 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 subtraction with the golden beads

The child has been introduced to the first, second and third exercises of the subtraction strip board and has practiced working with these materials’ multiple times

Materials

* Subtraction chart 2

* Subtraction equations

* Pencil

Note; if doing this exercise with your child from home you will be using the paper version of the above materials (see resource pack)

Preparation

Steps

Invite the child, introducing them to chart 2, the child may bring the chart to the table, you bring the equations
Show the child how to use the chart, take out an equation for example 9-5

Read the equation and place your right index finger on the red number (9)
Place your left index finger on the blue second number in the equation (5)
Slide your right finger from the red so that it is in line with your left finger
Slide your left finger across to meet the right, letting the child know where your fingers meet will be the answer (9-5=4) refer to image below
Invite the child to practice

Once the child knows the finger movements, invite them to choose an equation, write the equation, do the finger movements and record the answer
When the child has had sufficient experience, the child may write the equations on blank paper
At the end child may check their answers with control chart 1

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