May 2
Went to the grocery store with my kindergartener. We weighed some bananas: 2 pounds even. We weighed a watermelon: 4 pounds even. We weighed some mangos: a little over 1 pound. We weighed the watermelon AND the bananas: 6 pounds even.
βThatβs funnyβ said the child βbecause 2+4=6 and two pounds and four pounds is six pounds. Itβs like the same as math!β
βWhat happens if you add 6+1?β
βSEVENβ
βWhat if we put one pound of mangos on the scale?β <mangos added>
βITβS THE SAME!!β
βOK, whatβs 7-4?β
βThree?β
βWhat if we take the four pound watermelon off the scale?β <watermelon removed>
βMama! Are you telling me math works In Real Life? Think of all the things you could measure!!β
