In small groups this afternoon, the kids had the opportunity to play two different math games that focused on number recognition and one-to-one correspondence. We had fun, fun, fun!
In small groups this afternoon, the kids had the opportunity to play two different math games that focused on number recognition and one-to-one correspondence. We had fun, fun, fun!
Today we used our new graphing chart during group time. Each child has their own clip with their name and picture on it which is not only good for for name recognition but also for using their fine motor skills! The question for the day was, “What is your favorite color?” The children each had a turn to come up to the board and pinch their clip on their favorite color ribbon. To end the activity, we counted how many children liked each color and put the corresponding number above each ribbon. We will continue to practice graphing in many different ways.
This afternoon Evelyn was excited to play our new snowball math activity. She is concentrating hard on counting the dots on the dice she rolled so she could put that many snowballs on her snowman!
After reading the stories about all the different gingerbread friends throughout the month of December, it was time to try our hand at making our own. We measured and mixed the ingredients, stirred and stirred, rolled the dough then cut them out. We knew that the recipe said to cook them for a whole eight minutes, no more no less and NO PEEKING. We put them in the oven, but when we looked to see if they were done…our gingerbread friends were GONE! Our tray was empty. We quickly put our coats on and began searching outside incase they had slipped out while we weren’t looking. They were nowhere to be found! After searching high and low, we finally found them hiding in our classroom. Thank goodness the fox didn’t find them before we did!
The kids love to do the gingerbread matching activity! Jessica has lined up all of the different gingerbread man and is going through the other pile to try and find their matches.
We have been learning about the number ten this week. We have learned a new song about the number ten and also how to spell it! We also had the chance to use yummy marshmallows to outline the number ten while working our small motor muscles in our hands and number recognition for number ten.
This week we have been working on number recognition with the number 3. For our arts and craft project the children were able to decorate 3 gingerbread men with glitter and sprinkle glitter on the number 3. We counted each gingerbread man and talked about what the number 3 looks like.
Here is a good rhyme for remembering the number 3.
Round the tree,
Round the tree,
That’s how you make the number 3!
One-to-One Correspondence
Practicing Uppercase M & N
Do You Eat Grass?
We started full swing today after our Thanksgiving Break. We began a new book this week called, “Do you eat grass?” We focused on one-to-one correspondence, comprehension, and sight word recognition during our first reading today. We also began working on writing our numerals from one to ten. We will continue working on this skill during the month of December. Consider practicing at home to help support our learning in the classroom. We also focused on the letter Mm during our writing small group with Miss Katie. The kids did a great job….keep working on those homework folders!
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