Simple Addition *After students have completed a lesson on counting and numeral formation from 0 to 12 introduce addition. *Introduce the numerical symbolic statement,written left to right, with the sum written at the beginning of the statement . *Initially work with the whole numbers 0 to 6 thereby covering the sums 0 to 12. *Mental math statements are given as what (?) equals left numeral plus right numeral. For example ? = 4 + 6. Count with the students starting after the left numeral counting as many times as equal the right numeral to reach the sum. |