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IMPORTANT: Before asking children to memorize answers to math facts, be sure that they can demonstrate what the math facts mean.
Once children can count by 2s to at least ten, teach them these addition facts:
2+4, 4+2, 6+2, 6+2, 2+8, 8+2
Tell them to think of going up a ladder with two feet. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Draw a ladder and show the numbers going up by 2's.
Ask: What comes after the 2 when counting by 2's? 2+2 = 4
What comes after the 4 when counting by 2's? 4+2 = 6
What comes after the 6 when counting by 2's? 6+2 = 8
What comes after the 8 when counting by 2's? 8+2 = 10
Offer counters, and let kids discover that a number +2 is the same answer as 2+ a number.
(2+4, 2+6, 2+8)
Once the children are comfortable with these math facts, help them learn to count backwards by 2's from 10.
10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0
This will allow them to learn the related subtraction facts.
To teach 10-2, ask what comes under the 10 when counting down by 2's on the 2 ladder.
For 8-2: What comes under the 8 when counting down by 2's
For 6-2: What comes under the 6 when counting down by 2's
For 4-2: What comes under the 8 when counting down by 2's
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