Showing posts with label math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label math. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Counting on summer
Thanks to some ambitious & creative friends, our school is trying out a summer math program. It's a set of different fun exercises that encourage interaction & a variety of practical math applications with a reward system. We tried out the first two for Kindergarten level last week & they were a big hit! 
Here Andrew & Rebecca are "planting a garden". Different colors & shapes of blocks are different kinds of seeds. They had to compare & contrast some real seeds first. Then we counted out specific numbers of "pretend seeds" & planted them in rows with specific lengths between each seed. They loved measuring it out & working together. Our entire basement was a garden for two days that they were tending, watering, weeding (random LEGOS & such), & making sure it received lots of (flourescent) sunlight.
The next day we went outside to count & pop different sequences of bubbles. I ran out of breath, so they won. ;) Then we sidewalk chalked numbers & gathered random items of each amount, then turned them into simple math problems. 
We drew shapes, compared sizes, & labeled with numbers. Rebecca has been counting for a long time, recognizing more than a few numbers only recently, & perhaps wrote her first numbers with this activity! Andrew's always so eager to jump in & write anything for her, I think she almost missed the boat. She can now master a 0,1, & 7... working on 4.
Here Andrew & Rebecca are "planting a garden". Different colors & shapes of blocks are different kinds of seeds. They had to compare & contrast some real seeds first. Then we counted out specific numbers of "pretend seeds" & planted them in rows with specific lengths between each seed. They loved measuring it out & working together. Our entire basement was a garden for two days that they were tending, watering, weeding (random LEGOS & such), & making sure it received lots of (flourescent) sunlight.The next day we went outside to count & pop different sequences of bubbles. I ran out of breath, so they won. ;) Then we sidewalk chalked numbers & gathered random items of each amount, then turned them into simple math problems. We drew shapes, compared sizes, & labeled with numbers. Rebecca has been counting for a long time, recognizing more than a few numbers only recently, & perhaps wrote her first numbers with this activity! Andrew's always so eager to jump in & write anything for her, I think she almost missed the boat. She can now master a 0,1, & 7... working on 4. These activities further inspired them to break out the flashcards & I found them in the basement quizzing each other. Rebecca was reading the addition problem aloud (before showing it to Andrew) & he was giving the answer. Awesome. I think we'll have to make it more of a daily fixture. Yesterday in the car out of nowhere Rebecca the Drama Queen lamented, "Oh no! I forgot to do my math homework!" Thanks for the summer learning boost, Amber & Kelly!
Friday, July 24, 2009
New Math
Rebecca has taken to counting. She counts things in books, noses on her family members, & cars in the street. She counts when we play hide & seek, & while she's waiting her turn. Her counting must be some sort of new math, however. (Darren has a math minor so it can't be just . . . wrong!) She's very consistent.
"1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12!"
Occasionally the 12 is followed by,
"Blast off!" or "Ready, I come!"
"1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12!"
Occasionally the 12 is followed by,
"Blast off!" or "Ready, I come!"
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