I challenged Alexandra with different Kindergarten and first grade hands-on math activities. One involved composing shapes together with pattern blocks, another involved counting steps and then asking Alexandra to guess how many steps it would take to walk a certain distance - (how many steps will it take for you to go from your classroom to Ms. Judie's office)? I then let Alexandra count her steps to see if her guesses were accurate - and then see if her guess was higher or lower than the actual number of steps. We also cooked an imaginary pizza which I divided into four slices. Alexandra was to add her favorite toppings and add additional topping to 1 of the 4 slices (Alexandra chose pepperoni). This was an activity designed to integrate and synthesize Alexandra's preliminary understanding of parts of a whole - or fractions. When she ate her lunch, we used the compartments in her lunch box to figure out how many compartments of the whole were empty and how many were left after she finished the contents of her snack - green beans, cheese, and grapes. Next, we played a math bingo game. I created a Bingo board with numbers on from 1 -20 on it, and Alexandra had to add or subtract numbers and cover her board with counters after she she figured out the answers. Alexandra used the counter manipulatives and my fingers to count and then determine if that number was on the board. Alexandra grew excited when she created a diagonal line, solving the math problems, and getting BINGO! This activity was helpful in reinforcing basic addition and subtraction skills, and to improve her familiarity with math terms and help reinforce her understanding of patterns. Today was a fun way to help practice, reinforce, and consolidate her number sense skills in fun, hands-on ways.