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🧠 Mental Math: Helping Kids Manipulate Numbers in Their Mind

Is a Math Problem an Imagination Problem?  When we think of math, many people imagine strict rules, memorized facts, and endless worksheets. But for kids (especially in the elementary years), math is much more like a journey through the imagination. It’s about being able to picture numbers in your head, play with them, and move them around like puzzle pieces. For children, developing this skill is called mental math, and it’s one of the most powerful tools they can carry into middle school, high school, and adulthood. Why Math is an Imagination Problem Numbers aren’t just symbols on a paper, they represent ideas. When a child sees “7 + 5,” the challenge isn’t just adding digits. It’s about imagining seven things, five things, and then combining them into a whole. The stronger a child’s imagination for numbers, the easier math becomes. Think of math as a playground in the mind: ➕️➖️Addition and subtraction are like stacking and removing blocks. ✖️Multiplication is making groups of t...
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Supplies For Art & Craft At Home

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Ever woke up and felt extra creative like you would do art and craft with your kid only to find you don't have what you need? Well this checklist is for you so that you never miss out on another creative moment with your little budding artist. You're welcome!

Tip: Many potential art and craft items get thrown out sometimes, like empty tissue and paper towel rolls, straws, cereal boxes etc.







Art Supplies List 

Here is the list arranged in alphabetical order:

1. Beads
2. Blunt child safe scissors
3. Bristol board
4. Card board
5. Cartridge paper
6. Crayola crayons small and fat
7. Coloured construction paper
8. Coloured tape
9. Clay (Air dry and regular)
10. Crayola mess free marker and paper
11. Crayola washable markers
12. Dot markers
13. Double sided tape
14. Elmers glue pack with glue sticks and glue bottles
15. Empty tissue/paper towel rolls
16. Fudge sticks (plain and coloured; thick and slim)
17. Glitter glue
18. Glow in the dark googley eyes
19. Googley eyes
20. Hole punch
21. Liquid chalk
22. My first Ticonderoga #2 pencils
23. Paint brushes
24. Paint smock
25. Paint sticks
26. Pencil crayons
27. Pipe cleaners (chenille sticks)
28. Plain (printer) paper
29. Playdoh
30. Poster board
31. Poster paint
32. Ruler
33. Sharpies (permanent markers) of all different colours
34. Side walk chalk
35. Sketch pad or scrap book
36. Stamps
37. Stencil set
38. Stickers
39. Straws
40. Velcro
41. Wool/Yarn

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