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Sorting and Classifying

Number Recognition

Common Difficulties

Creating Patterns

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Lots of people think that you can only be good at

Lots of people think that you can only be good at maths if you are fast at getting answers...

Don't get me wrong... fluency is important...BUT so is the ability to think deeply and problem solve...

Think of a builder... they might be the fastest at drilling or nailing... 🔨🔨

but if they cannot solve problems, adapt and think as they build the house...

in the end their speed will not help them!

We want our children to be deep thinkers!

It is amazing, how all of a sudden, a light bulb g

It is amazing, how all of a sudden, a light bulb goes on and children seem to ‘see’ something they hadn’t noticed before.💡

Well this week, it was numbers. 😊

I think it all started because Miss 4 wanted to use the iPad, but it was locked with a passcode. 😌

She had seen her sisters unlock the iPad and wanted to be able to do the same.

I had set the passcode at something I wouldn’t forget (333333) and suddenly she was asking “Mum can you show me what 3 looks like?”

Then she began to recognise the digit 3 everywhere… on letterboxes…

This week I encourage you to think about the numbers around your house and how you can include them in your child’s everyday experiences...

I’d love to hear examples from your house so feel free to comment below with any ideas!!

This week's blog explores how I used a BIG tree to

This week's blog explores how I used a BIG tree to introduce and explore location words with Miss 4🌳🌳.

To read the blog just click on the link in my bio!

This week’s #wheresthemathwednesday looks at flo

This week’s #wheresthemathwednesday looks at flowers💐!

So during our daily walk to the shops, Miss 4 and I collected different flowers. As we picked them we discussed what they looked like... I said things like: “Ooh that is a big one” or “look at the spikes on that one”.

This meant that by the time we arrived home we had shared some good ideas about their attributes.

I then invited her to sort the flowers into groups.

One of the critical concepts in early math is to be able to classify and sort objects by their attributes.

Put simply, attributes are a characteristic or feature of a particular object or objects.

Once we identify attributes we can group similar objects.

As young children usually have strong visual discrimination skills, it is useful to start with attributes like:

✅colour
✅size (big, small, long, short, tall, short)
✅pattern (stripes, dots)

You can also try other sensory sorting like:

✅weight (heavy, light)
✅texture (soft, hard)
✅taste (sweet, savoury)

In these videos (swipe across to see all) I allowed her to choose how to group the flowers (this is important as she was working on her problem solving and reasoning) Miss 4 sorts a lot by colour so I thought she would do this... but she went with size: big, medium and little!

When she finished I asked her if she could sort them in a different way... It was so much fun, Miss 9 even got involved😀

BTW what is your favourite flower? I am a tulip girl!!

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