Sharing equally

💡 How it plays and why it helps

Two plates, ten grapes, and a child who wants it fair: sharing is something children demand long before school. Sharing equally gives a Kindergarten child that job. Sami, Leo, Tom or Milo shares carrots, lemons, strawberries, fish or apples among dolls or children, the same for each. Your child taps how many each one gets, from four numbers. Five stories make a round, read aloud, and every answer is checked and explained: 10 carrots for 2 dolls, so each doll gets 5.

Fair sharing is the other root of division. The hint gives the classic method: deal them out in turn until none are left. It always works. It also shows why the shares come out the same.

Look for a tap on the number of sharers. With 6 apples for 3 children, the choice 3 is right there, the last number heard in the story. Ask, "Is 3 the children, or the apples each one gets?" Praise the dealing: "You handed them out one by one."