Walk the line
Tape a giant number line on the floor. Call out "Start at 4, hop 3 forward" and let a kid walk it while the class counts. Then switch to paper. Feeling the jumps with their feet makes the paper version easy.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
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