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22/04/2022
“I’ve been hiding numbers around the house and we go on a scavenger hunt to find them. This is supporting Efekan’s number recognition” - Ruya
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21/02/2022
Something interesting to talk with your kids today
Let’s practice identifying and exploring Math concepts in storybooks ✨ To do this, we don’t have to necessarily have access to number books! There are so many ways we can use children’s storybooks to explore math concepts and here are some examples…
🐐 The Three Billy Goats Gruff 🐐
- Build on math vocabulary. For example, what is another word for small? What is another word for medium and big?
- Exploring ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’
- Size (smallest to biggest)
- How many Billy Goats Gruff were there? Can you show me how you can represent the number 3 in different ways?
🏡 Red house, Blue house, Green house, Tree house 🏡
- Let’s count how many petals are in the garden bed…
- What shapes can you identify?
- Look, the house has 2 square windows. Let’s count together how many sides a square has…
- After reading the book or during the book, go on a shape hunt around your own house. Child can extend on this by taking photographs and creating their own version of the story!
Mathematical Language
Importance: Math language gives children a way to express their growing understanding of math concepts and build on math vocabulary.
Tips on how to:
- Use specific terms when asking for items. For example, “can you please get me the one litre milk from the fridge” or “can you please put out 4 cups and 4 plates on the table”
- During cooking/baking, talk about different measurements such as teaspoons, millilitres, litres, and cups.
- During a walk or play together, describe your child’s movements. For example, climb ‘over’ the fence, slide ‘between’ the poles, and swing ‘under’ the monkey bars. This supports child with understanding language related to spatial awareness.
- Sorting activities to support concepts such as ‘same’ and ‘different’. For example, you can use recycling as an opportunity to sort items.
What are some ways you include your child in math talk at home?
In children’s learning and development, there are developmental progressions that children follow. This is what we refer to as ‘learning trajectories’. An example of this is, before a child walks, the child learns to crawl, then walk, then run, skip and jump. Similarly, children follow developmental progressions in learning math. Here are some examples of learning trajectory for Counting…
Pre-counter: This is when the child names some number words with no sequence.
Reciter: Verbally counts but not in the correct order above “five”. For example, “one, two, three, four, five, seven”
Reciter (10): Verbally counts to ten, with some correspondence with objects. Skipping and double-counting is common here.
Corresponder: demonstrates one-to-one correspondence. This is when the child gives one number word for each object. It helps to have objects laid in a line to support child with keeping track of their counting.
Counter: Child counts objects in a line to 5 and answers the “how many” question. The child has understood that the last number word we say, tells us how many.
We would love for you to share with us in the comments below some examples on how you have engaged your child in early math concepts over the summer break? Remember MATH is everywhere!
An important milestone in early numerical knowledge is when children connect the counting of objects in a collection to the number of objects in that collection. Children can be supported with learning that the last number word they say when counting tells us how many items have been counted. Here are some tips to support your child with object counting:
01/11/2021
✨ Monday provocation ✨
Learning number names and repeating the sequence of number names to 10 (and eventually to 20 and more) is important mathematics learning. This prepares children to talk about quantities. Children learn to say the sequence of number names from 1 to 10, and eventually to 20 and beyond.
Encourage children to use number words and practice the sequence of number words. Connecting these words to the quantities they represent deepens children’s learning.
28/10/2021
Introducing Five & Ten Frames…
🔹Five/ten frames are a useful tool to support young children’s development of number sense concept 🔹Presents opportunities for children to establish connections between different numerical representations - which is a important skill in one’s mathematical development.
🔹Provides children opportunities to explore combinations of numbers and observe part to whole relationships.
✨Add some loose parts and see where the children take it… Here we can see the exploration of patterns 🟢🔵🟢🔵🟢🔵
14/10/2021
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12/10/2021
Tip sheet for the week ✨ Exploring numbers 🎲 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
Matching quantities, number names, and symbols up to 10 (and beyond) is important mathematics learning for young children. Children learn to match number names, symbols and quantities up to ten (and beyond).
Encourage children to match the number of items they observe with the number word and numeral, and to produce collections to match number words and symbols.
04/10/2021
Tip sheet for the week ✨ Exploring Time and Duration ⏰
Learning to compare the duration of everyday events using mathematical language is important mathematics learning for young children. Children learn to compare and talk about the duration of everyday events and the order in which they occur.
Help children to notice the duration of events and activities using hours, minutes and seconds, and to talk about connected events in the usual sequence in which they occur.