Discover number bonds to 2
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SOPHIE: Mmmm, a whole space pizza!
CAPTAIN MAHARI: That’s right. And now…each of these is a part! While it cools down let’s play a game!
SOPHIE/SAI: Ooooohhh.
CAPTAIN MAHARI: This is my number Bonds machine! We have two balls here - take one each and drop them into the machine.
SAI: One add one… equals two!
CAPTAIN MAHARI: Great! Now how else could we split up two?
SOPHIE: Two plus zero also equals two!
CAPTAIN MAHARI: Well done! Now, pizza time!
CAPTAIN MAHARI: Hmm… There were two parts of the pizza - but two minus one equals…
SOPHIE: ONE!..Laika!
Quiz: Do you know the number bonds to 2?
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Activity: Number bonds to 2 with the NumBots
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Activity: Make your own number bonds machine
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