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Filling the Basket
Red Riding Hood is packing a basket for Grandma! She needs to sort and count everything.
In her basket she puts: 4 muffins, 6 strawberries, 2 jars of honey, and 3 apples. How many items total? Let us add: 4 + 6 + 2 + 3 = 15 items!
Now let us sort them into categories:
FRUITS: 6 strawberries + 3 apples = 9 fruits
BAKED GOODS: 4 muffins
JARS: 2 jars of honey
Sorting means putting things into groups that go together. You sort things every day: putting toys in the toy box, clothes in the dresser, books on the shelf. Sorting is math!