➖ Helping with Subtraction
Everything you need to help — without doing it for them.
🧭 Simple explanation (for you)
Subtraction is taking away or finding the difference. Objects make it real: 10 raisins, eat 3, count 7. Remember: 10 - 3 = 7 because 7 + 3 = 10.
❓ Questions to ask
- “How many are left?”
- “How many did we take away?”
- “What plus 6 makes 15?”
- “Can you check by adding back?”
💡 Hints (not answers)
- Use real objects to take away
- Count backwards for small numbers
- Check every subtraction with addition
- Draw it
🏡 Practice activity
The disappearing snacks: start with 10 small snacks, eat some, count what remains, write the sum.
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