Math Balance

Math Balance

"Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity." Job 31:6 

Balancing is so much fun! Puma Tiger loves to figure out how to make things balance. Here they are exploring it on their own. They are observing or like they like to say "experiencing" the material. 

Research shows that a playful, yet focused, attitude brings out the best type of problem solving from children. When we are doing math, I also put my "playing" hat on, meaning, I am also trying to figure it out and talking out loud. I don't sit down to lecture "you must do this and do that." Rather, because correct math on a balance is self-evidence, I say, "let's see what happens if I put the nine here....what can we put on the other side to balance it? wow, what was that?  One four and one ......(wait for answear, five)  balance nine?  Wow!  nine is equal to four plus five.

Some times I feature a number on the shelf.  This picture featuring number nine. As you can see, one nine equals one four and one five.

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