Today the children were so excited to see how many non-perishable items were donated to our food drive collection. The children have been motivated each day to think of ways to calculate the total number of items. Because the numbers the children are working with are so big, this has been a challenging and exciting experience.
Today one of our children decided that drawing a picture would be a good strategy to use to help calculate the total number.
He knew that we had a collection of 112 items already from the previous day, so he represented this with a picture.
He then added the additional items that were donated today for a grand total of 133. What amazing problem solving and mathematical ability! We are so proud of our children and the persistence they are showing when working with large equations.
We wonder how many items will be brought in tomorrow...
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