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| Math DAZE |
c.2005 - 2008 |
| Provide Math Daily by Encouraging Children to: 1. Use Classification Skills 2. Explore and describe similarities, differences, and the attributes of things 3. Distinguish and describe shapes 4. Sort and match 5. Use and describe something in several ways 6. Hold more than one attribute in mind at a time 7. Distinguish between "some" and "all" 8. Use Seriation Skills 9. Compare attributes (longer/shorter, bigger/smaller) 10. Develop and recognize different patterns 11. Use Numbers 12. Count objects 13. Explore Space 14. Full and empty 15. Fit things together and taking them apart 16. Change the shape and arrangement of objects (wrapping, twisting, stretching, stacking, enclosing) 17. Observe people, places, and things from different spatial viewpoints 18. Experience and describe positions, directions, and distances in the play space, building, and neighborhood Interprete spatial relations in drawings, pictures, and photographs 19. Discover Time 20. Start and stop an action on signal 21. Experience and describe rates of movement 22. Experience and compare time intervals Anticipate, remember, and describe sequences of events Activities to Try: Money Game Place 3-5 coins in your hand. Let your child see them. Close your hand and have your child guess how many of each type of coins were in your hand Measurement Use tape measure and measure the height of the children. Use tape to mark heights on the wall. Trace around child's foot on a piece of paper. Children can use their footprints to measure the length of a table, the doorway; and other classroom items. |
| Prop Box Resources Include the following collections of objects and materials for children to create, discover, and use for imaginary play. Store collections in boxes or baskets to be accessible at any time (indoors or outdoors) for children to enhance their play. Measure For Treasure activity guide gauges folding measuring sticks chain links centimeter cubes color tiles measuring set clear plastic rulers, measuring tapes thermometers clocks balance scale abacus assorted colored foam shapes interlocking cubes number pattern books to use with cubes lacing shoes peg board with pegs sandpaper numerals beads in bucket dice counters in bucket coin bank with coins assorted color shapes magnetic numbers number window clings Numbers & Counting activity book counting Book numbered beanbags number tiles counters dice playdough stampers number flash cards |
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| "The mind can make substance, and people planets of
its own with beings brighter than have been, and give a breath to forms which can outlive all flesh." - Lord Byron |
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