Button math

You can use a lot of math concepts in a short amount of time using buttons and a jar. Claire filled a spice jar with buttons. Then estimated that there were 50 in the jar. Next we counted them into piles of ten, counted by tens and discovered there were 65 buttons in the jar. Next we sorted them by color. Then Emily sorted by size taking out the tiny ones. Next Claire strung the golden/brass buttons onto a pipe cleaner. Next we are going to make patterns using two or three colors of buttons.

Thanks to Nanna and Mrs. Jenney for the butons.