How Many Apples?

• DOMAIN(S)

  Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
• INDICATOR(S)

  CD-MA7.4c
• AGE GROUP(S)

  48-60 months

Create several mats with a picture of a tree, using a die-cut machine or clip art. Provide each child with a number of red pom-poms. Say, “There are five apples in the tree. Use your pom-poms and count out five apples and put them in your tree. There are two apples on the ground. Count out two apples and put them on the ground. How many apples are there in all?” Have the children point to each apple and count it. Now say, “Suppose two more apples fell out of the tree and onto the ground. Now how many are in the tree? How many are on the ground? How many in all? Why is it still seven?” This can be done in small group.  

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