Role Play (3)

Then, she rang her bell signaling that her store was once again open, after "robbing" me. (You can see her writing the word " open" on her board :)

So, I popped over and I wanted to get a stroller and a teddy bear.

Me " Hi, I am here again!"

Nic " Hi, my shop is open now. What would you like to buy?"

Me "..hmmm..let's see, I would like to have this stroller and teddy bear"

Nic "..ah..ah...no no, you can't. They are not for sale. My teddy bear is sleeping" (her teddy and stroller were her favourites of the week )

Me " Oic, in this case, I will just get a teapot and a cup"

Nic " Ok, here you go. the teapot is $9 and the cup is $5 "

Me " So, how much do I pay you ?"

Nic " $14 " ( She thought for a while, and started doing the mental maths I taught her. She showed me 5 fingers and started counting from 10 till all the 5 fingers were accounted for. That gave her 14!)

Me " I have all these monies here. Can you just take$14 from me?"

Nic " No, you have to count and pay me yourself" (obviously not knowing which bills to pick...heehee)

Then I used the whiteboard to show her the breakdown. She supplied the answers 9 and 4 on the first and second equation respectively and I completed the sums for her. Of course, there could be other combinations to arrive at the same output! She was just happy to pick two $5 and one $4 from my box :)

I was very pleased that she was able to apply her textbook mathematical skills in her day to day play :)