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Hello, everyone! I hope you’re having a great start to your week! It’s already Tuesday which means it’s time for another awesome Kindy 2 blog! This week will be about math!

Math in general can be a daunting topic, but if done right it can be super fun. The first step is to keep it simple. So first we did a bit of addition review with some visual aids.

Addition was taught earlier in the year and Kindy 2 quickly showed that they hadn’t forgotten a thing!

Since the review went so smoothly, it was then time to move on to the next part o the lesson: subtraction. Just like addition, subtraction can be deceptively hard without any visual aids.

As a result, it was very important to teach everyone that we have a visual aid no matter where we are or where we go. We can use our fingers!

With a bit more practice using our fingers to add and subtract, it was time to move on to the whiteboard.

This was a good chance for many students to showcase their confidence!

Unsurprisingly, Kindy 2 was able to get the answers without much issue.

However, practice makes perfect! So even though everyone did a great job, it was important to keep practicing just to make extra sure.

By the end of the day, everyone had a chance to try a math problem.

It was very refreshing to see everyone so excited to give subtraction a try!

There were a few hiccups here and there, but with just a bit of guidance everyone was able to understand the general concept of how subtraction works.

To finish off the lesson, we felt it was a good idea to show everyone that it’s totally ok to write little marks to help yourself out! In this case, we showed everyone how to make little circles and then subtract the necessary amount. Visual aids always make things easier, so we should use them whenever we can! Keep up the good work, Kindy 2!