After reading, Ms. Maria will lead children through exercises in Simple Addition. 

Children will need items to use for counting -- such as buttons, pennies, paperclips, fruit (clementines, raisins).  It can be a mix of items, but you should have a total of 15 items to count.  (15 all the same, or 5 buttons and 10 pennies, or 10 paperclips and 5 raisins, etc.).  If you're using coins among your items, use only one denomination (i.e. only nickels, or only quarters, or only pennies), since we want each items to have the same "value" for addition.