Thursday, February 16, 2012

Counting Made Easier than 123



There' s a saying "if you want to fall asleep count too many sheep" Counting too many object is boring and sometimes tiring, that sometimes make you fall asleep, but if there's a will there's a way.





            A fastest way to count  is to skip,
 " Skip Counting" is counting by a number that is not 1
     It  a method that makes counting easier than 123, It  is also what you do when you count by 10's, 5's or 2's. All young children learn to Skip Count but did you realize that this is one of the beginning steps to learning multiplication and division? Skip counting also helps when learning to read a clock. Remember how the minute hand progresses as you skip count by 5's pointing to each number? Think of skip counting by 2's as you read a thermometer. But why stop at only the 10's, 5's and 2's?,We can skip count as bigger number as we can it can be by 12's ,20's,30's and so on, We can if we try.



  Come on! Let's Skip Count...

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