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.
āThatās funnyā said the child ābecause 2+4=6 and two pounds and four pounds is six pounds. Itās like the same as math!ā
āWhat happens if you add 6+1?ā
āSEVENā
āWhat if we put one pound of mangos on the scale?ā <mangos added>
āITāS THE SAME!!ā
āOK, whatās 7-4?ā
āThree?ā
āWhat if we take the four pound watermelon off the scale?ā <watermelon removed>
āMama! Are you telling me math works In Real Life? Think of all the things you could measure!!ā















