Three Steps to Achieve Fluency of Making 10

Following this simple three-step game, your child will achieve fluency of making 10 with a solid understanding of how numbers can be decomposed and recomposed.

Following this simple three-step game, your child will achieve fluency of making 10 with a solid understanding of how numbers can be decomposed and recomposed.
What does the equal sign(=) mean? Do you have to add the numbers in the order given? Is it true that the more numbers you add the bigger the total is?
Carrying to the right--when the sum of each digit exceeds 10, the value of the resulting tens digit or hundreds digit is not properly combined with the tens digit or hundreds digit.
Making up extra digit- when the sum of two single digits exceeds 10, the value of the resulting ten's digit is improperly combined with the sum of the tens digits.
Ignoring place value-when multi-digit numbers are added, each digit is added without its corresponding place value.

The concept of subtraction is best learned and understood through storytelling. We turn the popular book "Five Little Monkeys" storyline into a math game.

It's a combo of PE and math class. Let your child roll the dice to decide what actions they should make and how many times they need to do the actions.

Let your child run around and practice subitizing while you sit back and relax.