Age range
4 years old
Development benefits
- Cognitive Development: Builds addition/subtraction concept.
- Physical Development: Strengthens fine motor skills.
Take place in
Indoors (table).
How to play
- Place a small group of counters and count them together.
- Add one more counter and count the new total.
- Take one away and count what remains.
- Repeat with different starting amounts.
Perfect for
- Cognitive: addition/subtraction
- Motor: counter placement
Expert tip
"Adding one more" and "taking one away" with real objects is how addition and subtraction genuinely make sense before any worksheet does.
