Blog by Tag: maths
Working together to make 'teen' numbers
This week we have been making 'teen' numbers in many different ways. Today we worked with our talking partners to make given amount, notice patterns and links to other amounts and think about the one more/one less relationship.
Category: Ducklings
Counting beyond 10
Our week has been packed with mathematical challenges all about counting beyond 10. We have been making 'teen' numbers in different ways and developing our thinking of how numbers beyond 10 are made up of tens and ones.
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Shapes
The Ducklings have been exploring the features of shapes and describing them to their friends. They were beginning to describe the number of faces, flat or curved, whether or not the edges were curved or straight, the shapes of the faces and the number of vertices.
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making Patterns
This week we are looking at, creating and continuing simple repeating patterns.
Here we have used natural resources such as leaves, sticks, conkers, pebbles and pine cones to create a simple repeating pattern. For example: conker, pebble, conker, pebble, conker.
Can you find any objects at…
Category: Little Chicks
Number bond party for World Maths Day
Today, it was World Maths Day. We decided to have a number bond party to celebrate! Number bonds are pairs of numbers that make a particular total. We had fun playing lots of games that make 10! We had to find a partner with a numbered party hat that would match with our own to make 10. We rolled…
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Making 10
All week we have been exploring different ways to make 10. We want to know these so well that eventually we can just recall them. They are the number bonds that make 10.
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Number Bonds to 10
In Maths this week the Ducklings are learning their number bonds (pairs) to 10. The children are expected to know some bonds by heart, so we have enhanced many areas throughout our environment for children to practice and demonstrate their understanding. Just take a look at our giant 10…
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Time Talk
The Ducklings have been learning about time in lots of different simple ways this week - sequencing familiar daily activities, completing time challenges such as, how many times you can write your name in 1 minute and how many tiny objects can you pick up in 1 minute?
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More length and height
We have been continuing to explore comparing and measuring length and height. Today some of the Ducklings have been using non-standard units such as cubes, hands and feet to help them measure. Some children have also chosen to use standard units such as centimetres on a ruler. We have been using…
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Length and Height
The Ducklings have been learning to use the comparative vocabulary of length and height. They compared their object with a friend's, saying whether their object was longer/shorter or taller/shorter than their friends.
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Length and height
In Mathematics this week we are exploring length and height through our story 'Handa's Surprise'. The children are ordering Handa's fruits in length and height order and making comparisons.
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Finding the total
The Ducklings have been finding the total of two amounts in different ways.
First of all, they have been using their subitising skills to 'see' how many spots are on each dice without the need to count.
They have then been finding the total by using their knowledge of number bonds (pairs of…
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