Early Childhood Math and Science Lesson Plan

This lesson plan has been designed to help students to understand the concept and implementation of addition and substruction operation by using fingers, objects, colours, images, imaginations, expression and numerical values. The lesson plan enables the student to interact with the teacher while participating in the group discussion about learning various process of simple linear addition and substruction of rational numbers.

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This lesson plan has been designed to help students to understand the concept and
implementation of addition and substruction operation by using fingers, objects, colours,
images, imaginations, expression and numerical values. This lesson plane enables the student
to interact with the teacher while participating in the group discussion about learning various
process of simple linear addition and substruction of rational numbers.
Part 1:
Motivating Question: How can I add and subtract different objects using hand,
objects and colours?
Learning Target: Student will learn the process of addition and subtraction of
rational positive numbers in several linear calculations and
considerations. They will also learn to read and write the
constant number and the operation of addition and
substruction from the simple constant valued equation or
simplification.
Objective/ Standard: From this lesson plan the student will able to identify the
operator and operand from a simple linear equation.
Student will also understand the use of operand and the
dependency on operator while calculating the answer.
Student will also able to learn the addition and substruction
process through imaginative as well as object oriented
calculation.
Student will able to identify the proper answer through

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rechecking the answer using multiple methods.
Student will also learn where to put the answer value after
making the calculation.
Resources/Materials: Colourful marshmallow, colourful images, pencil, rubber,
back board, chalk, duster, object of different size and colour,
seating arrangement for the students
Advanced Preparation: The Teacher should check that all students has the pencil,
rubber and notebooks with them.
The teacher should also ensure that the provided objects are
safe for children’s use.
The teacher should secure the student from self-poisoning
by making them aware of that the objects they are using is
only for handling, not for taking into mouth or licking.
Activities/Tasks: Students will be provided with various colourful
marshmallows, and other objects with different colours.
The student will be asked to separate the marshmallows
from the other objects and calculate the total number of the
marshmallow and write down the answer in their notebook
Then teacher will check the answer and teach the students

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how to calculate.
The teacher will write a simple numeric equation on board
like: 2+3=?
The student will be told to chose 2 balls from the given
objects and 3 marshmallows
The student will be asked to count the number of total
objects they have been selected.
Then teacher will check the answer and teach the students
how to calculate.
The student will be asked to separate the green
marshmallows from the other set of marshmallows and
calculate the total number of the remaining marshmallow
and write down the answer in their notebook
Then teacher will check the answer and teach the students
how to calculate.
The teacher will write a simple numeric equation on board
like: 3-1=?
The student will be told to chose 3 marshmallow from the
given objects and separate 1 marshmallows from them
The student will be asked to count the number of remaining
marshmallow and write down the answer

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Then teacher will check the answer and teach the students
how to calculate.
Evaluation: Are the students writing the number correctly in the paper
after knowing the process of addition and substruction?
Are the students calculating and forming the values from
their own or discussing with other children without
understanding the calculation process properly?
Formative
Assessment/Criteria for
Success:
I will conduct a group discussion where the students can
share their quarries and ambiguities regarding the addition
and substruction of two numbers.
I will take multiple examination involving same activities
chosen for the lesson plan to identify learning growth of the
students adequately.
I will also answer the student’s question according to their
understanding and potentiality. I will also make them
current whenever any of them choose a wrong path of
calculation.
Part 2:
The book name is “The Grapes of Math” authored by Greg Tang is a good choice to
make yearly aged students conceptualise the value of different number. This book enables the
students to learn how to count up to ten numbers using various objects and imagination. This

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book helps the learners to calculate number up to 10 through object oriented learning practice
(Tang, 2017).
“Sir Cumference and All the King’s Tens” is a mathematics book for children of
primary standard and was written by Cindy Neuschwander. This book allows the students to
relate the values with the real life element while having the proper understanding of the
grouping operation (Neuschwander, 2018). This book will also enable students to
conceptualise various mathematical calculations such as addition, substruction, multiplication
and division.
“Math Fables” is another very attractive book for pre-primary aged students. This is
another book authored by Greg Tang (Tang, 2016). This book provides unique lessons and
problems to make the realise the importance of numerical calculation while engaging them
with various basic simple solving process such as linear addition and substruction. This book
is very helpful to understand basic concept of operand and operators and their dependence.
I have planned the lesson to help students to understand the concept and
implementation of addition and substruction operation by using fingers, objects, colours,
images, imaginations, expression and numerical values. I could implement this lesson plan
after discussing the feasibility of this lesson plan with my peers. After collecting feedback I
will decide which part of this plan needs improvement and I will change accordingly. The
target of me will be to allow student to freely interact with the me while participating in the
group discussion about learning various process of simple linear addition and substruction of
rational numbers. It will help them to understand the process of mathematical calculation
even better in a friendly environment.

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Reference:
Clements, D. H., & Sarama, J. (2014). Learning and teaching early math: The learning
trajectories approach. Routledge. 3(1)., 123-129.
Neuschwander, C. (2018). Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens. Triangle Interactive, Inc..
Skemp, R. R. (2012). The psychology of learning mathematics: Expanded American edition.
Routledge. 12(8), 13-23.
Tang, G. (2016). Math fables. Scholastic Inc. 12(8)., 24-28
Tang, G. (2017). The Grapes of Math. Scholastic Inc. 11(9)., 14-22