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Taking Away Treats

Problem Solving Practice

Day 163of 180
Week 33of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic subtraction as 'taking away'

2

Solve simple subtraction problems using manipulatives

3

Practice sharing and generosity

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 11:25

“The liberal soul shall be made fat. But he who is rigid shall be made poor.”

— Proverbs 11:25 (WEB)

Illustrates the joy of sharing and giving, which connects to our math lesson about distributing treats

📦 Materials Needed

  • Counting bears
  • Small plates or bowls
  • Problem cards from BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Toy food items
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather around and review yesterday's animal addition lesson. Remind students how we used bears to count animals.

💭 Review Question: How many animals did we add together yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today, we'll learn about taking away treats! Just like we sometimes share our snacks with friends, we can use math to show how many treats are left.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • When we share, sometimes we have less than we started with
  • Subtraction helps us understand how many are left
  • Sharing is a way we can show God's love
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What happens when you share a cookie with a friend?
  • How many treats do you have left after sharing?
3Activity: Treat Subtraction Game (6 min)
hands-on

Students use bears or toy food to solve subtraction problems

📝 Instructions:
  1. Start with 5 bears/treats on a plate
  2. Remove 2 bears/treats
  3. Count how many are left
  4. Record the subtraction problem
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer bears, help child count

Challenge: Create word problems about sharing treats

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about taking away

📝 Review Questions:
  • What happens when we take away treats?
  • Is it fun to share with friends?

Coming up: Tomorrow, we'll learn more about sharing with friends in our math lesson!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Subtraction is introduced as a concrete, visual concept of 'taking away'

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic, positive language
  • Make counting and subtracting feel like a game
  • Praise effort over perfect answers
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between adding and subtracting

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to count remaining items after removing some

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library subtraction worksheets
  • Sing a counting song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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