Isabella wrote a word problem for you to solve. You need to explain and justify your thinking to "prove" your answer. Isabella has 14 lollies and Taite has 24 lollies. How many do they have altogether?
Check out the link below, look at the picture and answer the question/s. This is a great activity to do with a buddy or at home with an older sibling, parent or grandparent. What is your favourite Dr Seuss book? Write the title and post it as a comment. Let's see how many titles we can come up with! http://bedtimemath.org/fun-math-1-fish-2-fish-396-fish/
Over the next week use your "Maths Eyes" to discover maths around you. Take a photo and post it to the blog. Write a question to encourage others to think about the maths in your photo! Here are a couple of examples:
What shapes do you notice? How many do you think there are?
How many feet? How many shoes and socks? How many hands? How many children are there?