“Children develop and use mathematical concepts when they collect, organize and compare different objects and materials.”
(Te Whariki p.98)
(Te Whariki p.98)
This morning the girls worked busily with their friends to collect and organize some of the different materials that make up our treasure box.
To begin with we spent some time exploring the materials with our hands and discovering what was present in the treasure box. There sure are lots of interesting things!
Next we discussed the similarities and differences between the items and worked to categorize the materials by colour.
We each had a pile of items that we were responsible for. We had to make sure that we put them in the correct group.
Following on from this we counted how many items represented each colour and explored concepts such as 'more' and 'less'.
Lastly, the girls worked to record their information on paper. We used our alphabet and number cards to assist us as we wrote the names of the colours and the corresponding numbers. We were all very proud of the beautiful way in which we formed our numbers.
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