Number Sense and Counting Books

We read Anno's Counting Book, a beautifully rendered book that has many details for children to find regarding the numbers 1 through 12. We read our counting books to the first graders, and they read their shape books to us. Sharing our work gives us a sense of completion and pride and is very motivating!

These children were working while they were waiting!

Sorting Ourselves by Attributes

shoes with laces

 We worked to group ourselves by one similarity this week. After a few examples by the teachers, the children grasped the concept and were able to make groups according to one similarity or attribute.

everyone?

stripes

We answer yes or no questions about ourselves to take attendance. 

counting jar-write your name on a sticky note and record the number

The counting jar is an independent activity that requires counting up the number of objects in the jar, recording the number, and recording your name on a sticky note.

Until Next Time,
Michele

Getting Outside for Math Time

We headed outside to each choose a set of 5 leaves. Some children chose sets that were all similar, some gathered very different leaves, and each child had a chance to describe their leaves.  We decided how we could group the leaves all together, or which "attribute" we would choose to group by.  There were many ideas including color and size, and we settled on "shape" and then graphed our leaves. When we added up the total, we found we had collected 38 leaves.

Until Next Time,
Michele

Number Knowledge

We are exploring numbers; we continued to count the letters in our name and added all of the children's names together PLUS Chrysanthemum's name, and we found out that there are 156 letters all together.  Kindergarten math is all about the experience of working together, showing our work, and having open ended play time with materials.

Until Next Time,
Michele

Using our Number Knowledge

We began to formalize our work in kindergarten math this week, and even sat down to write some numbers and solve a counting problem in our workbooks. The children have had a good length of time to explore materials independently, and now with the connections that they have made we can begin to ask questions, describe, and discuss such things as attributes and number order.We've worked together in a group to complete projects, and have started to complete tasks independently.

taking attendance

working together to describe a button

free choice with materials

 The counting jar is an individual activity that the children participate in. The jar holds a certain number of objects, and the children create a set of buttons with that same number of objects.

Our first writing page!

completing a workbook

 We read a book called Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, then created our own name lines and counted up how many letters that we each had. Chrysanthemum has 13 letters in her name!

Until Next Time,
Michele