Prompts that Spark Discussion...

Wooden Logs

\ \ Estimate – How many wooded logs are BEHIND the blue rectangle? How did you estimate?

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Cookie Counter

\ \ Encourage counting various types. How many cooked cookies? How many uncooked? How many rows? Columns? As always discuss

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Split Piles

\ \ How many circles are in each pile? Ask you child, “Another little girl split them up differently. What

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Block Tower

\ \ What could you and your child count in this picture? Predict how many more “turns” until it falls

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Famous Patterns

\ \ After you discuss the patterning you see here let you child know that this triangular array is called

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Canada 150

\ \ Kyle Pearce has shared a math challenge for each day in June to prepare for today, Canada’s 150

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Wondering Hippos

\ Alright parents. Create your own question to ask your child. \ Possible questions: If the green hippo eats some

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Missing Cherries

\ \ How many cherries should be in the 7th pile if the pattern continues? Create another pattern that starts

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Circle Counting

\ \ After your child counts the dots say “another child counted them in a different way. How might he/she

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Hippo Math

\ \ Possible discussion Questions: Who has eaten the most? Who has eaten the least? How many marbles are still

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