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The other black I made cookies amongst the boys. While the toddlers sat inward their high chairs yelling, "Mooow! Moooow!" (their endeavor at "more," their universal discussion for want/please/give me) together with pointing at the oven every bit the cookies baked, our preschooler worked on approximately math. I drew v circles on a slice of paper, representing each identify unit of measurement member. (He quickly drew chocolate chips, hence instead of circles, at that topographic point were v cookies.) We together with hence counted out how many cookie dough balls nosotros had together with represented each cookie amongst a counting bear. His finish was to every bit evenly every bit possible spread out the counting bears over each circle to encounter how many cookies each identify unit of measurement fellow member would get. We were working on his math together with trying to instruct fairness. We had xi bears together with v circles.

1st Attempt
I explained to our four-year sometime that each bear was a cookie. However many bears were on your circle were how many cookies you lot would learn 1 time they baked. Probably non the best means to explicate this to a four-year old, inward hindsight. He rapidly plunked 1 impact Momma, 1 impact Dadda, together with 1 bear each on his brothers, together with hence piled the balance of the bears on his circle. "Momma! You all learn 1 together with I learn 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7! Woo hoo!"

2nd Attempt
Realizing my error, I attempted to explicate fairness. "D, nosotros desire everyone to get got an fifty-fifty amount of cookies. How would you lot experience if C got vii cookies together with you lot exclusively 1?" I pointed to his circle every bit I said this. He nodded indulgently, "Well, that is non C's circle. That is my circle. So I get got vii cookies together with C exclusively has 1. See?" I pushed vi bears over to C's circle, leaving 1 impact his, together with asked the interrogation again. He contemplates this for a 2d together with replies, "Well, instantly that's my circle [pointing at C's circle amongst vii bears] together with that is C's circle [pointing at his]."

3rd Attempt
At this point, the toddlers are tired of yelling "more" at the oven and have started to impatiently wonder where the cookies are. I tried to distract them amongst crayons together with paper. O idea this was a fun novel game; C would non last distracted. He wanted cookies together with he wanted them now. He picked upwards his picayune loving cup of crayons together with threw them on the floor. His slice of newspaper rapidly followed. I shook my caput together with said, "No, sir, nosotros produce not acquit that way!" I struggled amongst him for a minute, trying to instruct him the appropriate behavior. He refused to head together with D interjected, "Don't worry, Momma. I took away his bear. And seat it on mine."

4th Attempt
This is when I wondered if I was teaching anything at all to anyone. I sat dorsum downward amongst D together with gave a brief lesson on fairness together with kindness. His eyes glazed over together with I stood upwards to cheque on the cookies. When I turned around, there were ii bears on each of the v circles. D proudly announced, "Well, looks similar at that topographic point is 1 leftover for me! You guys learn ii together with I learn 3!" D, D, D... So close. I congratulated him on his math, spreading out the bears fairly, together with hence pushed the leftover bear to Daddy's circle. "We ever laissez passer on Daddy the extra cookie, bud." D furrowed his brow, "One twenty-four hr catamenia I volition last the daddy together with learn the extra cookie."

Thankfully the timer went off correct then-- saved past times the bell.

Obviously nosotros get got a few things to function on.

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