Mathematics Through Play Book Study Part 1

Welcome to calendar week 1 of our Math Through Play Book Study! I dearest seeing my students excited nearly learning math as well as engaged inwards doing mathematics. I dearest seeing how immature children run on large math ideas through play as well as am as well as thus excited to live reading this book. After existence simply a few chapters into this book, I already bring a few ideas for how I tin comprise to a greater extent than math into my ain children's play every bit good every bit laid things upward at schoolhouse to bring to a greater extent than math play time.

Here is the posting schedule for this mass study:

Lord's Day March 29th: Chapters 1-3

Lord's Day Apr 5th: Chapters 4&5

Lord's Day Apr 12th: Chapters 6&7

Lord's Day Apr 19th: Chapters 8&9

If yous are simply joining us, caput to this post for to a greater extent than details!

Chapter 1: Play as well as Problem Solving

Kids need to play. Some of my favorite activities inwards the classroom where I actually experience similar kids are engaged as well as learning math piece solving problems bring came from play based situations. It is really amazing how much STEM run tin come upward out of play. This chapter helped me intend nearly how play connects amongst other areas of math learning to give kids a venture foundation. "This connectedness making betwixt images, words as well as symbols at an early on phase volition oft assist children avoid misconceptions at a afterwards stage." I dearest this sentiment nearly play laying a potent mathematical foundation. Misconceptions as well as fragmented cognition are 2 of the biggest thorns inwards my side when I run amongst older children as well as if about of this tin live avoided yesteryear providing to a greater extent than play opportunities when they are younger than I am all for it. This chapter helped me intend nearly how I tin inquire to a greater extent than opened upward ended questions, render opened upward ended resources, give kids to a greater extent than fourth dimension to utter as well as encompass the chance when kids desire to extend what they are working on. These ideas are patently nifty for play based math but I intend they volition also assist me when working amongst older students.

Chapter 2: Creating as well as Using a Mathematical Environment

More than anything this chapter makes me desire to leave of absence as well as create an outdoor classroom. This would live a huge task but I intend it would live amazing! I patently can't exercise this all at in ane lawsuit but it has actually motivated me to hold off into about possibilities as well as intend nearly how I tin acquire kids exterior more. I need to exercise to a greater extent than research!

As ambitious every bit creating an outdoor classroom sounds, at that spot were many ideas from this chapter that I experience I could add together easily as well as immediately. There are several things I could exercise inwards many grades to create a to a greater extent than mathematically rich environment. Many of these things I already bring but I need to intend nearly how to brand about of them easily accessible to students.

- Books nearly numbers

- Construction kits: block, Legos, Lincoln logs, etc.

- Bead strings

- Measuring as well as weighing tools

- Number tracks

- Tactile set out cards (looking for ideas for these!)

- Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 display expanse to display pupil graphics

- Blank booklets for students to brand their ain math books or to tape their ain thinking

- Washing work (loved these ideas! Thinking nearly where this could fit!)

- Add about math components to the writing center: sheets of large numerals, sheets of math vocab, plastic shapes as well as rulers.

Creative Recording as well as Mathematical Graphics

I intend this is an expanse where I need about improvement. I bring come upward a long means from existence the worksheet queen as well as pass a lot less fourth dimension coping papers for kids. I bring fifty-fifty had kids making their ain tape sheets for games as well as such the final few years. However, I intend at that spot is withal much for me to acquire nearly helping kids tape or capture their math thinking inwards their ain way. I dearest the sentiment of recording math existence similar to mental math on paper. I bring establish having the utter amongst kids nearly math course of didactics drawing existence dissimilar from fine art course of didactics drawing to live important. The suggestions inwards this chapter gave me about skillful ideas nearly how I tin live to a greater extent than intentional inwards letting kids tape their ain ideas. I definitely need to acquire working on a means to display children's math graphics!

What were your thoughts on this week's reading? Do yous know of whatever nifty resources on creating an outdoor classroom? What nearly ideas for tactile numbers or displays of children's math graphics! Can't hold off to read your thoughts!