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Practice Math With a Pretend Store

AskAlexK Editorial · November 7, 2026

Label familiar objects with small whole-number prices and use paper tokens as payment.

Put it into practice

Take turns choosing two items and adding their prices. Change the prices to match the arithmetic the child is practicing.

Make it a habit

Let the child become the shopkeeper and explain how they found a total.

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