Math Activity: Use Cereal Squares to Create Arrays

An array is simply an arrangement of something, and I love to provide tangible objects for my kids to arrange in such a way that they can SEE math happening right in front of them!

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For example, these cereal squares were arranged in such a way that they show how two rows of five equal ten – or five columns of two equal ten.

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In our homeschooling, we begin using arrays early on in our learning!

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In the preschool years, we began by simply counting the individual items: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

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Then as we move past the counting stage, we begin talking about the different rows/columns/groups of items – adding them together to find totals: 5 + 5 = 10

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It is around this time when we begin talking about counting by – and for this example, counting by 2’s: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

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Beyond that, arrays are fantastic for beginning to explore multiplication and division families: 2 x 5 = 10 5 x 2 = 10

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Cereal squares are fun to use, but so are other objects, and literally anything goes: blocks, buttons, beans, toy vehicles, pretend animals – anything!

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