{"id":1149,"date":"2026-02-16T07:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:05:29","slug":"big-brains-at-work-mental-math-magic-in-kg-red-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/big-brains-at-work-mental-math-magic-in-kg-red-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Brains at Work! Mental Math Magic in KG Red &amp; Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Big Brains at Work! Mental Math Magic in KG Red &amp; Orange<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Mental Math Quiz conducted with the students of KG Red and KG Orange was a truly delightful experience to witness. Our young learners enthusiastically took on addition and subtraction questions, using their thinking skills rather than manipulatives.<br \/>\nBoth classes demonstrated remarkable confidence and accuracy in their responses, reflecting a strong and growing understanding of numbers. This engaging activity played an important role in strengthening mental calculation skills while also encouraging focus, quick thinking, and self-belief.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1159 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026vv-02-15-at-11.36.23-AM-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026vv-02-15-at-11.36.23-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026vv-02-15-at-11.36.23-AM-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026vv-02-15-at-11.36.23-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026vv-02-15-at-11.36.23-AM-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026vv-02-15-at-11.36.23-AM.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Meaningful learning experiences like these help lay a solid foundation for mathematical thinking from an early age, making learning both effective and enjoyable.<br \/>\nA big round of applause for the little champs of KG Red and KG Orange\u2014we are incredibly proud of your effort, enthusiasm and progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Brains at Work! Mental Math Magic in KG Red &amp; Orange The Mental Math Quiz conducted with the students&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/big-brains-at-work-mental-math-magic-in-kg-red-orange\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big Brains at Work! Mental Math Magic in KG Red &amp; Orange<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":482,"featured_media":1153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions\/1160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/636\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}