Observing Patterns

heading outside to sketch patterns, lines, and observations....

look at those lines!

settling in to sketch

gathering to share our sketches and observations

what's missing?

sorting

what's missing II?

 

 The K mathematicians have begun a new unit of observations and pattern making. We have to look closely to see patterns sometimes, and to replicate them takes an even closer look! We took advantage of the beautiful weather this week to head out doors to the trails and find lines, patterns, and shapes in the great outdoors. 

 

 

comparing lengths

More About Numbers!

 The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood is a wonderful book for kindergarten math. Not only does it follow a progression and a pattern as the pages follow each other, but there are a lot of things to be counted! The children made a wonderful poster to illustrate everyone who was napping, and we counted up how many eyes, people, legs, pets, ears, arms, tails, noses, mouths, and creatures altogether. This gives the children a chance to count by 2's (ears) as well as to check their work with others, and to learn whether or not fleas have ears (they don't).

organization and number sense

practice writing

organizing the cards to make sure that they are all there

the progression of numbers

the beginning of measuring...longer or shorter?

inventory bags...show what is inside, and how many!

Our workshop work reflected more practice with taking inventories independently as well as a beginning measuring activity, comparing the length of one object (a tower of cubes) to determine what was longer and what was shorter. We also organized a deck of number cards 0-10 as the cards were handed to the children willy nilly.

Until Next Time,
Michele

Counting is more than 1,2,3!

This is a wonderful new game that occurs each day....I told the children that the greatest surprise a teacher can have is to walk in to a room of ready and happy children....SURPRISE! they've been practicing :o)

counting with a ten frame

organizing

roll and record.....

sharing a counting book with a captive audience

sharing

sharing with a sibling!

old friends

this child was interested in the cover of this book!

number bingo

helping your neighbor

This week we added to our knowledge of numbers by playing many organizing games. We chose cards and filled a ten frame, colored in number bows as we counted the dots on dice, and organized groups of numbers. We've been playing number bingo 1-20, and it's interesting to hear less and less..."what does that look like?" as the children familiarize themselves with numbers in the teens. We shared our counting books with the prek afternoon class, and they were a receptive audience as each child counted 0 through 12 and showed each page. We have also begun "taking inventories" and discussing counting in terms of order and keeping track.

Until Next Time,
Michele

KMath Heads Outdoors

collections

listen up while I tell you something important

KMath went outdoors this week to collect leaves, but with a difference. Before collecting, we each decided on a RULE for our leaf collection to follow. Some of the rules were...."all different colors" "yellow" "same shape" "same shape but different colors" .....When we came back indoors, we created posters about our rules and the leaves were ironed into waxed paper. The children shared their work with their peers and each remembered the rules!

number and color review  with a game

reviewing numbers

 Until Next Time,
Michele

Creating A Counting Book

This week we have been creating individual counting books for the numbers 0 through 12. So much counting occurs when you're creating....count out the stickers, count the cubes to color, sort your pages from 0 to 12, and look for missing pages. We hope to read our books to the PreK class when they are complete. We continue with our yes no questions for attendance ("are you the oldest child in your family?" is difficult and involves some discussion, as some children are the ONLY child in their family). We also complete the counting jar activity each day.

Until Next Time,
Michele