Food and Math make learning connections

Use an apple to teach parts of a whole...half...quarter...and then eat it up!

Cereal for counting and making groups and patterns.

M&Ms or Skittles for patterns and counting.

Pretzel sticks and marshmallows to learn family groups.  Pretzels represent the tens family.  Marshmallows represent the ones family.  Say a number and have students use their pieces to make the number.  Show the card to self check.  "If you got it right, eat a...."

Teddy grahams and M&Ms for fancier patterns.

Adding snowballs...I mean marshmallows in January as we began addition facts.