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Eating Snacks Away

Taking Away

Day 82of 180
Week 17of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the concept of subtraction through removing objects

2

Count backwards from 3 to 0

3

Practice patience and careful counting

📖 Scripture Connection

Ecclesiastes 3:1

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”

— Ecclesiastes 3:1 (WEB)

Just as things come and go in life, we can learn about adding and taking away through simple counting

📦 Materials Needed

  • 3 whole crackers
  • small plate
  • napkin
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Sing counting song from previous lesson, review numbers 1-3

💭 Review Question: How many crackers do you see?
2Teaching (5 min)

Introduce subtraction as 'taking away'

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Look at these 3 yummy crackers!
  • Watch what happens when we eat one
  • We started with 3, now we have 2
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What happened to our crackers?
  • Can you count how many are left?
3Activity: Cracker Counting (6 min)
hands-on with snack

Eat crackers while counting down

📝 Instructions:
  1. Place 3 crackers on plate
  2. Count 'One, two, three crackers!'
  3. Eat one cracker and count 'Now we have two!'
  4. Eat another and count 'Now we have one!'
  5. Eat last cracker and say 'All gone!'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps count and remove crackers

Challenge: Child counts and removes crackers independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review counting and taking away

📝 Review Questions:
  • How many crackers did we start with?
  • What happened to our crackers?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play 'Toys Going Home' game

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Subtraction is first introduced as a concrete, physical experience

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use a cheerful, encouraging tone
  • Let child touch and manipulate objects
  • Praise effort, not just correct answers
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may get confused between adding and taking away

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child understanding that removing objects changes total quantity

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library counting worksheets
  • Repeat activity with different snacks or small toys

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