In this activity you will experiment with different everyday items that are found round the house to explore greater and less than concepts using smaller and larger numbers.
| Step | You and your child |
| Lay out two plates. | |
| Put five pennies on one plate and three on the other plate. | Which plate has more pennies, macaroni, marbles, pencil crayons, pebbles, or whatever ? Which plate has less? |
| By using items found around the house you are continuing to reinforce the concept that Math is all around us. |
The above activity was created by Diane Massie, a HelpingWithMath.com contributor. It is part of her Handling Math program.
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