Mathematics Through Play Book Study: Part 2

Welcome to calendar week ii of our Math Through Play Book Study! I beloved seeing my students excited most learning math as well as engaged inward doing mathematics. I beloved seeing how immature children piece of job on big math ideas through play as well as am as well as then excited to live reading this book. After existence merely a few chapters into this book, I already convey a few ideas for how I tin contain to a greater extent than math into my ain children's play equally good equally laid things upwards at schoolhouse to convey to a greater extent than math play time.

Here is the posting schedule for this mass study:

Sunday March 29th: Chapters 1-3

Dominicus Apr 5th: Chapters 4&5

Dominicus Apr 12th: Chapters 6&7

Dominicus Apr 19th: Chapters 8&9

If you lot are merely joining us, caput to this post for to a greater extent than details!

Chapter 4: Counting as well as Using Number

Several years ago, I realized that my students were non getting plenty sense amongst counting things as well as I began my Counting as well as Estimating Routines. These convey actually helped me come upwards a long means toward coming together the goals outlined inward this chapter. There are a few things this chapter inspired me to piece of job on.

Things to Count

I demand to exercise a amend project of rotating the stock of items to count. I effort to necktie into classroom themes amongst math piece of job as well as this is a bang-up chance for me to besides decease along a fresh box of countable items inward classrooms. As themes change, I tin alter my buckets of countable items to fit the theme.

Number Lines/Number Paths

The classrooms I am inward all convey let on lines or let on paths on the wall. Many of them are high upwards on the walls where kids tin non accomplish them. The catch of using numbers inward play makes me desire to seat a let on path correct on the floor. I would beloved to brand this a permanent characteristic inward a schoolhouse gym but if that can't happen, I intend painters record on the flooring or a gyre of newspaper that tin live rolled out whenever kids desire would live ideal. I would beloved to listen from others who convey a let on path where kids tin access it as well as how they arrive work!

Money

In the fence over existent money versus newspaper money, I am firmly inward the existent money camp. I ever exercise existent coins amongst my students. The plastic ones are merely non equally truthful to thickness as well as detail. That existence said, I am a huge fan of play money for whatsoever bills. I honour that laminating newspaper bills makes them much to a greater extent than useful inward play situations. They concur upwards better, stack easier as well as lay flat.

Chapter 5: Patterns

With the shift from our field standards to the Common Core standards, many teachers inward my expanse intend that designing is no longer something that needs to live taught. The classic repeating patterns of blue, green, etc from the past times are no longer specifically spelled out inward the math standards. That being said, patterns are however the basic foundation of math as well as it is of import for kids to reckon as well as recognize patterns inward object as well as number. Also, don't live afraid of growing patterns! Many of the patterns inward our let on arrangement are inward fact growing patterns as well as I convey flora fifty-fifty rattling immature principal students tin live successful amongst growing patterns.

Ordering Words

I convey seen outset manus that some kids exercise non come upwards to schoolhouse amongst a theatre grasp on ordering words such equally first, second, after, earlier as well as in-between. Through play, these words tin easily live developed as well as volition shape an of import foundation for afterward when I am quest kids to say me what let on comes earlier or after or betwixt a given number.

Number Patterns inward Hundreds Chart

Again I was struck past times the fact that my students don't actually convey access to a hundreds nautical chart they tin play on. I convey some hundreds nautical chart stickers that are going inward the writing oculus (graphics area) immediately. I besides am thinking most how I tin acquire a hundreds nautical chart on the flooring inward the classroom or schoolhouse gym or exterior on the playground. I convey big ideas most epitome a 100's nautical chart along amongst a let on path as well as a x frame out on the playground. I definitely convey to a greater extent than enquiry to exercise on this but I convey high hopes for turning piece of job of our dark hand into a math learning station.

Patterns inward the Arts

Of course of written report designing is all approximately us as well as at that topographic point are as well as then many opportunities to speak most it exterior of math class. I intend it would live bang-up for our Unified arts squad (art, music as well as P.E.) teachers to exercise a unit of measurement on patterns. There are as well as then many patterns to live flora inward art, music as well as movement, as well as it would live bang-up to reckon the students connecting all these areas. Definitely something I desire to expect into more!

What are your thoughts most counting as well as patterns through play? Any bang-up ideas to share? Sound off inward the the comments below!