Monday 11th May - Maths
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:06am
Good Morning Reception!
I hope you have had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend! How did you spend it? Did you enjoy the very warm weather we had on Friday and Saturday?
Let’s get ready for our maths learning by listening to the songs below and having a go at today’s fluent-in-five questions!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVzXKfr6e8&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGetqbqDVaA
Well done! How quickly could you work them out today?
Today in our maths learning we are going to be focusing on counting on and adding more!
Let’s begin with a warm up activity with adults at home…
‘I count, you count’
This is a game which can be used to practise counting on from different starting points. Adults begin by counting as you point to yourselves. When you point to the children they continue the count. This is great for creative rhythmic patterns:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7,8
1,2,3 4,5,6 7,8,9
3,4,5,6 7,8,9,10
Take a look at the video below, it’s a read-along story to the book, ‘Mouse Count’ by Ellen Stoll Walsh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNH6i7239FI
It is a story all about a greedy snake, he is very hungry to eat some little mice for his dinner! This story helps children to understand the concept of counting forwards and backwards. It introduces the skill of counting on from a new number, rather than starting at one each time.
You can extend this learning at home through the following activities:
Mouse Count: Recreate the ‘Mouse Count’ story by using different resources as characters or even drawing ten mice and a snake! Retell the story by practising adding on from different numbers each time!
Counting on using fingers: Ask children to show you 5 fingers… now 2 more. How many fingers are there all together? Did you know there are 7? Did you count them all? Encourage children to acknowledge having five fingers on one hand, and counting on 6, 7.
Construction counting: The children take turns to roll a 1-3 dice and collect 1,2 or 3 cubes to add to their tower. If they are ready, encourage them to count on as they add their cubes each time. How high can they build their towers until they fall?