Subtraction chart 3 (Blank chart)

Recommended Age: 5 years and onwards (can be younger depending on the child’s skills and experiences)

Purpose: To offer more opportunities for repetition in the memorization of the essential subtraction combinations

Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present this exercise to the child, once the child has been shown they may work independently

Prerequisites

The child must be able to count accurately from 1-10 and onwards
The child must be able to write numbers
The child must be able to match the numeral symbol with its quantity of numbers 1-10 and beyond
The child must have had many experiences doing subtraction with the golden beads

The child has been introduced to the first, second and third exercises of the subtraction strip board and has practiced working with these materials’ multiple times
The child has had many experiences with subtraction chart 2

Materials

* Subtraction chart 3 (Blank chart)

* Pencil

Note; if doing this exercise with your child from home you will be using the paper version of the above materials (see resource pack)

Preparation

Steps

Invite the child, introducing chart 3, the child may bring to the table, you bring the tiles and the equations

Ask the child what they notice about the chart (no numbers), then inform the child “there are no numbers on the chart, because the answers are in your head”
Show the child how to lay out the tiles, lay out a few, the child may continue (see below image)
Pick an equation, reading the equation out loud
Place your fingers on the board to locate where the answer tile goes as per subtraction chart 2 (right index finger on the red number, left index finger on the blue second number in the equation)
Locate the tile and place on the board

Variations

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