| aidemia--modules-lessonstartideas_type | Give a creative idea how to begin a lesson |
| Which subject | Mathematics |
| What age group | Reception / Kindergarten |
| What topic | Addition |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Any other preferences |
Welcome, little mathematicians! Today, we are going on a magical adventure in the land of Numbers. In this enchanted place, we will meet friendly creatures who need our help to solve their addition problems! Are you ready to become addition wizards? Let’s hop on our imaginary magic carpet and soar into the world of numbers!
As we land, we see our first friend: Bobby the Bunny. Bobby has 3 shiny apples. Can you count them with me?
[ 1, 2, 3 ]
Bobby tells us he wants to share his apples with his friends! But wait, he sees 2 more apples under the apple tree. Can we help Bobby figure out how many apples he has now?
Count Together!
Let’s start with Bobby’s apples:
Join the Apples!
Now, we need to put our apples together! We can use our fingers or pretend to move the apples into one big basket!
Can anyone guess how many apples there are in total?
Let’s add them up!
[ 3 + 2 = ? ]
(Pause for responses)
Encourage the children to use their fingers or visual aids like counting blocks to add. Finally, reveal the answer:
That’s right! Bobby now has 5 apples!
Yay for addition!
Bobby the Bunny is so happy that he throws a little party for you all! He just couldn’t have done it without your help. Let’s cheer for our amazing math skills! Everyone joins in a fun dance, celebrating our success in addition.
What do you say, my friends? Are we ready to help more animals solve their addition problems on our next magical adventure?
Remember, every time we add, we’re just like little math wizards creating beautiful outcomes!
Now that we’ve introduced addition with a fun adventure, let’s explore more activities! We can use counting cards, play games with our friends, or even draw our favorite animals with different numbers of items for each!
Are you excited? Let’s embark on our next math journey!