Get comfortable with the concept of adding. Take a handful of beans (or other small objects). Set one bean aside at a time into a pile and count each one as you go (1, 2, 3, etc). Stop after you have a few beans in the pile. How many did you put there? Write that number down. Now, do the same thing but make another pile. Now, put the two piles together. How many do you have now? You can count up each bean, one at a time, and find out! This is adding!
- For example, your first pile might have 5 beans. Then your second pile might have 3 beans. When you put the two piles together and count all the beans, you'll find that you now have no try it yourself get something to count with and print this.
8 beans! This is because 5 + 3 is 8.
