Counting Market Day

Ages 7–11 • Topics: Math, Everyday life

Activity: Make your own market math: draw 3 items and write 3 number questions.
Scene 1
Ayo goes to the market with Auntie.
They carry a small list: bananas, tomatoes, and rice.
Scene 2
They find bananas: 6 in one bunch and 4 in another.
How many bananas in total?
Scene 3
Tomatoes are in baskets: one has 8, one has 5.
Which basket has more?
Scene 4
Rice costs 3 coins. Ayo has 10 coins.
How many coins will be left after buying rice?
Scene 5
On the way home, Ayo counts steps: 20, 40, 60…
Counting helps Ayo learn every day.