Kids in the Kitchen: Counting with Chicken Nuggets

I’ve been helping Colin learn his alphabet and numbers for awhile now but with kindergarten just a few months away, we’ve started working a little harder. He has some great educational apps but sometimes they make me feel like I am not doing my ‘mom job’.

A few weeks ago, I was working on my creamy pepper sauce post and Colin asked to help. I knew it was a great opportunity for him to practice counting and adding.

He pulled the cookie sheet out of the cupboard and opened the chicken nuggets. I asked Colin how many nuggets he wanted – six – and he counted them out on the tray. We asked James how many he wanted – 8 – so he counted those out. And then we did daddy’s – 8 – he placed those on the tray. After they were all on the tray, he counted ALL of them (with a little help after number 13).

Colin did a great job helping and learning!

Do you use dinner time to teach math?

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