Line them up
Give kids two small piles of objects and have them line them up side by side, one under the other. The row that sticks out has more. Matching one-to-one is the first step before counting to compare.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
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