"Katy" has 55 horsepower so we got out 55 objects and grouped them by 5s. Quick lesson on counting by 5s - it's a little advanced for Miss 4 though. I loved how she decided to stack them. It was great for Miss 2 to practice her fine motor skills in stacking too.
Addition came to mind when I read about how much snow was falling, so we completed a worksheet from Kumon's book of Simple Addition using our chips.
From the book "By noon [the snow] was 4 inches deep... By afternoon it was 10 inches deep." Measurement!!! Yea! Throw in a few time exercises too.
Before it "stops snowing" in the book, the snow comes in feet up to 5. Looking back, we should have built up, but measuring 5 feet and putting them together was okay too. We did use a measuring tape to see how tall 5 feet was. Yarn was the only thing I could think to measure; my creative juices aren't quite flowing yet. :o)
To finish the day we got out the iPad. It's a addition or subtraction game where you have to add the numbers to make the number on the fish. It will only eat the correctly added/subtracted numbers. Motion Math: Hungry Fish Oh, and it's FREE! Love.
Then for an unhealthy snack, we had 55 mini marshmallows. They were gone before I could get a picture!
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