Lesson 4.1 Putting Together

Steps

1. Warm-up

   Do this: Ask these out loud. Your child answers out loud; no paper needed.

   • Ask: “0 + 2” Listen for: 2
   • Ask: “5 + 3” Listen for: 8
   • Ask: “5 + 1” Listen for: 6
   • Ask: “1 + 4” Listen for: 5
   • Ask: “3 + 0” Listen for: 3
2. Teach the new idea

   Say this: “When we put two groups together, we add. The total is how many there are in all.”

   Say this: “We can count all, or start with the bigger group and count on.”

   Say this: “Add: to put groups together.”

   Say this: “Total: how many in all.”

3. Show how

   Show: 1 + 4 = ___

   Say this: “Start with the bigger number, 4, and count on 1: 5.”

   Say this: “4 + 1 = 5”

   Answer: 5

   Show: 3 + 3 = ___

   Say this: “This is a double: 3 + 3 = 6”

   Answer: 6

4. Practice together

   Do this: Your child does these with you. Let them try first; help only after a real try.

   Ask: 2 + 2 = ___

   Listen for: 4

   If stuck: This is a double: 2 + 2 = 4

   Ask: 1 + 3 = ___

   Listen for: 4

   If stuck: Start with the bigger number, 3, and count on 1: 4.

   Ask: 0 + 0 = ___

   Listen for: 0

   If stuck: This is a double: 0 + 0 = 0

   7 more practice items on the lesson page, and on Worksheet A and Worksheet B.

5. Watch for
   • Counting the first group again. Start at the bigger number and count on.
6. Game: Ten Pairs

   Use cards 0–10. Lay four face up. Your child finds two that make 10 and keeps them. Refill and continue.

7. Narration

   Say this: “Tell me what you learned today. Show me with your hands or the counters if you like.”

   Listen for: Join two groups.; Count all to find the total.

8. Scripture

   There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

   Pairs of animals went into the ark. Two and two make four; we are learning to put groups together.

9. Daily habit

   Practice the “make ten” pairs every day: 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5.

Spread over the week

5 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.

1. Session 1. Warm-up, then teach the new idea (steps 1 and 2).
2. Session 2. Warm-up again, then show how with the examples.
3. Session 3. Practice together, then play the game.
4. Session 4. More practice on the worksheet, and the daily habit.
5. Session 5. Quick check: narration and a few practice items. Move on when it is mostly right.