[bright music] - Hi, everyone.

Thanks for coming.

Welcome to my classroom.

I'm Ms. Zoe, and today, we are gonna learn about subtraction.

Subtraction is another way to take away from something.

So, today we're going to learn how to start with 10 and take away any number from zero to five.

So, what our activity is going to include, we have a bird's nest that I made, and we have an adult bird.

We have 10 baby birds.

We have playing cards.

There are digits, numbers with the corresponding dots.

Now, I know not everybody's gonna have a bowl and birds and baby birds to use.

You can use stuffies.

[energetic music] You can use pompoms.

I have big pompoms and small pompoms.

You can always use those, too.

Whatever you have a number of.

We're doing babies 'cause we've been learning about babies in our class: baby animals, human babies.

Our class especially loves baby birds, baby kittens, and human babies.

We have been learning about taking care of them and what they need so they can grow up and be healthy, happy, and then go on to be adult birds, kittens, or babies.

Today I have with me- - Evaluna.

- And we're so excited to have you today.

So, today we're going to learn how to subtract from 10 using numbers zero to five.

Remember, subtraction is taking away, so we have our baby birds and we start off with 10.

All, right Evaluna, can you pick your first card?

- Okay.

[bouncy music] [Ms. Zoe gasps] - What number is that?

- Zero.

- Zero.

So, how many birds did we start off with?

Do you remember?

How many birds in the nest?

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

- All right, so we start off with 10.

We don't take anything away, which means there are still 10 baby birds in the nest.

Great.

All right, Evaluna, put the baby birds back.

Let's try another one.

- They're already there.

- You're right.

Silly me.

All right.

What number is that?

- Five.

[Ms. Zoe gasps] - Five.

Can you count the dots?

- One, two, three, four, five.

- Great.

All right, so five baby birds have to fly away.

- [Evaluna] Yo, friends, come on.

- Count them out.

One, two... Three, four... Five.

All right.

So, how many left in the nest?

- [Evaluna] One, two, three, four, five.

- Great, so we started off with 10 birds, five flew away, which means five are left.

So, 10 minus five equals five.

Great job.

Okay, put the birds back.

- Put the bird away.

Put the bird away.

Great.

This one bird, where are you going?

[vocalizes rhythmically] - Now, Evaluna, do you remember how many birds we started off in the nest with?

How many?

Do you remember how many?

- [Evaluna] Yeah.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

- Beautiful counting.

10.

- 10.

- All right, flip a card.

[upbeat music] What number is that?

- Three.

- Three.

Can you count the dots for me?

- One, two, three.

- Excellent.

So, how many birdies are going to fly away?

- Three birds.

- Three.

Can you count them as you take them out?

- [Evaluna] One, two, three.

- All right.

So, 10 baby birds in the nest.

Three flew away.

How many are left in the nest?

- [Evaluna] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

- Seven.

10 minus three equals seven.

All right, put the birdies back.

We're doing amazing.

So, one of the things, at home, is you want to try to have them remember that you're always starting off with the number 10.

So, Evaluna, how many birds are in there?

Can you remember without counting?

- There were 10.

- How many?

- 10?

[Ms. Zoe gasps] - High five.

Great job.

All right, so we start off with 10.

Let's see how many fly away.

- One.

- One, can you show them?

- One.

- One.

All right.

How many baby birds fly away?

- [Evaluna] Pew-pew.

- [Ms. Zoe] Pew-pew, and how many birds are left in the nest?

- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

- Right, so 10 minus one equals nine.

Awesome job.

All right, put 'em back one last time.

[bouncy music] - Do the other one?

- One more card.

What number is that?

- One, two.

- Two.

All right, so how many baby birds are going to fly away?

Can you count them as you take them out?

- [Evaluna] One, two.

- Two, and how many baby birds are left?

How many birds are left in the nest, Evaluna?

You gotta count them.

- [Evaluna] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

- Eight, so 10 take away two equals eight.

Now once your child gets really good at zero to five, you can add six to 10 so they can start subtracting 10 from any number from zero to 10.

All right, Evaluna.

Great job.

Super proud of you.

High five.

Thank you for coming and playing with us.

Say "Bye."

- Bye.