” There is a difference between not knowing and not knowing yet. Their mistakes allow thinking to happen! ”
Here in Mighty Oaks we’ve had a very active busy week, jam packed with planned activities around maths to support the NSPCC Number day today. 🔢
Our book about numbers was ‘ Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons’😻by Eric Litwin, for this the children sat, listened to the story and sang along to the song. Then in numbers and patterns time they had challenges to count down, take away and problem solve with real buttons. ✏️🎶📚
In their child initiated time they were free to explore activities set out with maths in mind. We had ladybug bingo, match the quantity to the numerals, find sets of the same, number blocks, painting with number stamps and a messy maths sensory play for capacity. They really had lots of fun while testing their theories! 🧪👩🏾🔬🧑🏼🔬
Cooking club tested their peeling and chopping skills on a number of different vegetables ready for their very own homemade soup. We counted how many pieces each friend had cut and placed into the bowl. We talked using math language to explain, all most full, more, plenty and how long. 🧑🏾🍳⏲
Forest School looked like it was far to much fun to be doing maths ?!? 🌳🪵
They counted together how many friends were going and asked questions to test their knowledge, understanding and encourage recall.
How many sticks they could find? who’s was longer or shorter?
How many they can carry? Are they heavy or light?
PE time the children had to listen to instructions involving numbers,
1, foot on the ball, 2, bottom on the ball and 3, tummies on the ball. ⚽️
I’ll be counting sheep in my sleep!
Thank you to everyone again for your donations and efforts in dressing up today.
From Mrs Giordano and all the Mighty Oaks team 🌳
