For my son I had him figure out how many more the tree with the most had than the tree with the least and do some other simple addition and subtraction by allowing him to eat a few and then telling me how many there were after eating them. Pour the candies back in the jar, shake, and repeat the game.Sneak a few candies… or every single green candy when mom is busy taking pictures of your big brother counting.Which has the most? Which has the least? How many do they all have? Count to find out.Start sorting the candies and placing them on the matching trees.Have them guess which tree will have the most apples on it by estimating which color is the most prevalent in their dish of candies.Shake up the jar with all 3 colors of candies in it and pour some into each child’s dish. Give each child a sheet with three trees and a small dish.You will need a sheet of paper with three trees on it ( you can print mine here), cookie sheets to keep the candies from rolling away, candies ( our natural dyed red is sorta wine colored but the kids didn’t bat an eye), a small dish for each player, and a jar with a lid. Have pom poms or buttons on hand if you need to swap out or prefer not to use candy at all. Every child is different but that rule has worked for me over the years much more often than not. My son is a rule follower by nature and did this as we have in the past. When working with kids and edibles my rule is that if you do not sneak any you get a small pile at the end of the activity. This is a simple math game for kids that works on sorting, estimation ,and counting. It’s not the main motivator I want to use but from time to time it’s novelty is useful and a fun break from more everyday things.
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