Egg Carton Math

A month before school finished, my 3rd grader informed me she needed to take an empty egg carton to school. Knowing that I buy the larger cartons that hold 18 eggs, she told me she needed her carton to be just a dozen. Even though I didn't really need them at the time, I purchased a dozen eggs on my next trip to the grocery store. 

Don't worry, we ate them before any had time to spoil.

And I love what she brought back home on the last day of school. A game for practicing her multiplication.

1 times 7 equals 7. Maybe I should have made sure it was
on a more difficult problem before snapping a photo.

Her teacher had students randomly number each section 1 through 12. Each child got two dry Lima beans in their carton. To practice their multiplication, they close the carton and shake it. When they open the carton, they find the numbers where the Lima beans landed and multiply those numbers.

Close. Shake. Compute. Repeat.

Genius.

If you don't have dry Lima beans handy, use small rocks or beads. If your child isn't ready for multiplication, use it for addition. 



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