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This week's Monday Maths moment is all about "Sock

This week's Monday Maths moment is all about "Sock Sorting".

I am not sure if it is just me, but I have an odd sock problem. There are so many odd socks in my house, that they outnumber the pairs🤦‍♀️

We even have an "odd sock bucket", where I place those poor socks who emerge from the wash every day without their partner😢

So about once a week, it is Miss 4's job to grab the "odd sock bucket" and see if she can find any pairs.

She loves doing this because there is always a LOT of interest in how many pairs she can find.

Where's the Maths?
✅ Classify and Sort- Miss 4 is sorting the socks that match, so she is constantly classifying them by size, colour and design.
✅ Counting- Each week Miss 4 counts the pairs she has managed to make and reports back the number. We always give her a reaction like "OOOH that is more than last week" or "Mmmm, not as many this week", to make sure we include some comparative language.

So this week, I encourage you to invite your child to help you with the washing and match some socks!

P.S: Teaching Miss 4 to fold socks took some time... but it is worth it! one less job for me!

BTW is it just me who has issues with odd socks???🤔

This week’s #kidsgamereview is “Twister”! W

This week’s #kidsgamereview is “Twister”!
We all know “Twister”...it involves a spinner and a big dotty plastic mat! In the game someone spins and then calls out “Right foot blue” and the people standing on the mat have to follow these instructions. The winner is the person who manages to survive in their awkward position the longest!

Where’s the maths?
✅ Location words- right and left are regular words in this game so Miss 4 became familiar with them very quickly!

Tip if your child is struggling with right and left, let them wear different coloured socks on each foot so you can help them differentiate!

This game is so much fun for all the family- Dr Ange rates it 9/10...

ps my hamstrings are still recovering from the game😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Have you played “Twister” lately??

Miss 4 loves this game... It completely changes he

Miss 4 loves this game... It completely changes her mood... suddenly it is a race to get to bed...
Give this one a go... It beats "if you are not in bed by the time I count to 5..." any day!
Once again counting saves the day!!👏😉

As you may have guessed, we love playing games as

As you may have guessed, we love playing games as we walk... another one of Miss 4’s favourites is “I Spy”... as she is not quite ready to play the “official” version of the game (the one where you use the starting letter of things you see... like “I spy something beginning with the letter “T”) so we modified the game to use colours.
In “colour I spy” we take turns saying “I spy something that is... green” and then the other person guesses green things they can see as we walk...if we pass object chosen (because we are walking) the rule is you have to tell the other person “passed it” and then we swap over (otherwise, from experience I can tell you it will be a LONG game😂) Check out my stories for an example of the game...

Where’s the maths?

✅Classify and sort- every time Miss 4 chooses an object or guesses, she is classifying the world around her by colour. Classifying if a really important early number skill 👏

So next time you are out walking... give “colour I spy" 🕵️‍♀️ a go! 😉

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