Solve and smile!

Milan Ba veljiĂž ta

SO LVE E L AND SMI FI R S

T STEPS IN MATHS

AG E 5-7

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Dear adults, Spending time with children helps them develop their abilities. This book will make your time with them more enjoyable and useful. Therefore, it is good to encourage a child to think and notice things: - ask your child to explain why he or she gave you that particular answer to a certain question.

- try and analyze if there are other possible answers - encourage your child to observe every illustration and notice as many details as possible - talk to your child while you are solving the problems - ask him or her more questions about a picture - help them stick a sticker they want on an empty space at the top of a page every time they solve a problem.

Don’t be discouraged if some problems are too difficult for your child. You can skip them and go back to them later or some other time when they are older.

And then, when they open the book again, it will be exciting to see your children suddenly come up with a solution to a problem!

Enjoy your time together!

Going for a walk

Jenny, on our way home we’ll drop by and see Grandpa Sam.

Oh, but Grandpa Sam isn’t at home now!

What do you think, how did Jenny know that Grandpa Sam wasn’t at home?

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Mark's toy Mark has lost his favourite toy.

It isn’t here.

It is here.

What is Mark’s favourite toy? Circle it.

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Where is Fiona's dog?

Look at the pictures carefully and circle Fiona’s favourite dog.

It isn’t here.

It isn’t here.

It is here.

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Tom has lost his ball Find Tommy’s ball and circle it.

It isn’t here.

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It is here.

School kit How many are there? Count them.

For adults: You can set some other tasks and ask other questions about this problem.

Count the objects that aren’t part of school kit. Can you name them? What are they used for?

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Pairs Look at the example and match all the other pairs the same way.

Make sure the curves don’t cross.

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