Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Now it Makes Cents

 

Counting money has been a frustrating skill for Lori to learn. But, as usual, when I bring art into the mix, math isn’t so bad.

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So we began by pulling out the grocery adds that usually go to the recycle bin. Then I gave her the task of finding items she could buy with $1. So she began perusing the merchandise and clipping out what she could afford.

Then she pasted them to her paper.

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When the cutting and pasting was complete, I had her pick two items she would like to buy, add them together, and then count out the correct change. Then she checked her answer on the play cash register.

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Audrey got to cut and paste too, but her only goal was to find numbers and then tell me what they were.

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Lori’s comment after this activity: “This makes math more fun mom.”

Mission accomplished.

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