Prompts that Spark Discussion...
Trash Can Lie Detector
January 24, 2018
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A blank one for you to create your own problems.
Lego Cars
December 27, 2017
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Do you see circles? How many? Do you see rectangles? How many? How many more
Magic Rings
September 17, 2017
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\ \ Imagine we taped to strips/rings of paper together and then cut down the middle of each. What would
Hardest Layer
August 29, 2017
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\ \ Have your child draw the layers if it helps. Ask how they determined how many circles on that
Wooden Logs
July 19, 2017
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\ \ Estimate – How many wooded logs are BEHIND the blue rectangle? How did you estimate?
Split Piles
July 13, 2017
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\ \ How many circles are in each pile? Ask you child, “Another little girl split them up differently. What
Circle Counting
June 15, 2017
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\ \ After your child counts the dots say “another child counted them in a different way. How might he/she
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