Monday · Learn Watch on YouTube ↗
Put Them Together! How Many in All?
🏠 A game for home: Make two piles of spoons, put them together and count them all.
Basket Island
Addition with objects: putting two groups together and counting how many there are in all, first with things, then with fingers and the five frame, and finally with the + and = signs.
- 1 Putting two groups together: how many in all?
- 2 Adding to 5 (fingers and five frame)
- 3 The + and = signs
- 4 Putting-together stories
- 5 Island review
The idea of this island
Why it matters
Putting together is the first operation kids understand with their hands. Once they see that 2 and 3 together make 5, the + sign is just another way to write it.
The 5-week plan
- 1 Putting two groups together: how many in all? Two groups come together: how many in all?
- 2 Adding to 5 (fingers and five frame) Adding to 5 with fingers and the five frame.
- 3 The + and = signs The + and = signs: writing an addition.
- 4 Putting-together stories Putting-together stories: more friends come to the basket.
- 5 Island review Pipo makes mistakes with everything from the island, then a mix, and the Big game (the check-up).
By the end of the island, your child will be able to…
- Put two groups together and say the total
- Add to 5 with fingers and the frame
- Read a written sum like 2 + 3 = 5
Builds on: Market Island
Prepares for: Snack Island
Week 1
Putting two groups together: how many in all?
Two groups come together: how many in all?
Tuesday · Play Watch on YouTube ↗
Fill the Basket! Putting Groups Together
🏠 A game for home: Put your socks together with someone else's and count them.
Wednesday · Play more Watch on YouTube ↗
Apples and Pears Together! How Many?
🏠 A game for home: Put toys in two boxes and count how many there are in all.
Thursday · Mix Watch on YouTube ↗
Putting Together Mix
🏠 A game for home: At mealtime, put the spoons and forks together and count them.
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Friday: rewatch the week's favorite
Week 2
Adding to 5 (fingers and five frame)
Adding to 5 with fingers and the five frame.
Monday · Learn Watch on YouTube ↗
Adding to 5 with the Five Frame
🏠 A game for home: Put down three buttons, say "three" and keep counting with two more.
Tuesday · Play Watch on YouTube ↗
Keep Counting On! Adding with Fingers
🏠 A game for home: A grown-up says two numbers and you show them with your hands.
Wednesday · Play more Watch on YouTube ↗
Count On from the Big Group!
🏠 A game for home: Roll a die, say the number and keep counting on your fingers.
Thursday · Mix Watch on YouTube ↗
Adding to 5 Mix
🏠 A game for home: Add on your fingers while you wait for dinner.
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Friday: rewatch the week's favorite
Week 3
The + and = signs
The + and = signs: writing an addition.
Monday · Learn Watch on YouTube ↗
Plus and Equals: Your First Sums!
🏠 A game for home: Draw two apples, a plus sign and one apple. How many is that?
Tuesday · Play Watch on YouTube ↗
Which Sum Is It? Read the Plus Sign
🏠 A game for home: Write a plus and an equals sign on paper and make sums with toys.
Wednesday · Play more Watch on YouTube ↗
Sums Without Pictures! Can You Do It?
🏠 A game for home: A grown-up writes a sum and you do it on your fingers.
Thursday · Mix Watch on YouTube ↗
Plus and Equals Mix
🏠 A game for home: Look for sums in your books or in the kitchen.
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Friday: rewatch the week's favorite
Week 4
Putting-together stories
Putting-together stories: more friends come to the basket.
Monday · Learn Watch on YouTube ↗
Here Come More Chicks! Adding Stories
🏠 A game for home: Make up a story with your stuffed animals: there are two, one more comes…
Tuesday · Play Watch on YouTube ↗
Story Sums! How Many Now?
🏠 A game for home: Put two pieces of fruit on the table, bring one more and ask how many there are.
Wednesday · Play more Watch on YouTube ↗
Tell the Story, Write the Sum
🏠 A game for home: Tell a putting-together story and write its sum with a grown-up.
Thursday · Mix Watch on YouTube ↗
Adding Stories Mix
🏠 A game for home: Make up a putting-together story at bath time.
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Friday: rewatch the week's favorite
Week 5
Island review
Pipo makes mistakes with everything from the island, then a mix, and the Big game (the check-up).
Monday · Pipo made a mistake! Watch on YouTube ↗
Pipo Added Wrong! Catch the Mistake
🏠 A game for home: A grown-up says a sum, sometimes wrong. Catch them!
Tuesday · Spot the mistakes Watch on YouTube ↗
Oops! Help Pipo Fix His Sums
🏠 A game for home: Play teacher and check sums.
Wednesday · Island mix Watch on YouTube ↗
All the Adding: Basket Island Review
🏠 A game for home: Fill a basket with two groups of toys and count them.
Open the Big game guide
Week 5 ends with the Big game. Use the interactive guide while you watch: it tells you what to review.