Number of the Day: Dozen Day!

We are finishing up our third week of school and we are really enjoying the format this year.  We made the decision to switch to My Father's World for first grade, and have been very happy with how fun and flexible it is, as well as how it suits our family's needs/preferences.

One of the new activities included this year is the Number of the Day.  Throughout the year, we will be working our way up to counting to 100 (as well as practicing skip counting by 2, 5, and 10).  This is a great way to introduce and practice addition and subtraction, as well as number writing and recognition.

Today was Dozen Day - hooray! We read a couple of stories with a dozen theme: A Dozen Dogs by Harriet Ziefert and Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans.  I also created a fun donut themed worksheet to practice addition (feel free to download it for your own use - just click the worksheet graphic below):

Then the kids and I took a surprise trip to Krispy Kreme to celebrate.  The lady who worked there was very kind as the kids practiced their donut addition and filled the box with the right number of sugary goodness.

We were sure to practice "subtraction" as well.

You know, for academic reasons.

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