Line up the cards
Give each child a word card and have the whole class line up in ABC order without talking. When two kids share a first letter, they have to compare their second letters to settle it. It's noisy thinking with no noise!
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
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