At TKS we value play. Our program is a PYP play-based program that promotes learning through play. This week the children have been exploring the concepts of pattern, shape, sorting and measurement. This ties in nicely with our new unit, How We Organize Ourselves, with a focus on looking at our community and how it supports our needs. Math can be incorporated in many different ways. Below are some of the highlights from this week.
A provocation was laid out for the children in the block area: pictures of them were attached to blocks so that they could be a part of the community building. The children were playing with the different 3D shapes, and seeing which could be stacked on top of each other to balance.
Sofia and Juwana were using a tally to see who was at school on Wednesday and who was away. They were using the name cards to help them write their friends names.
We used the wikisticks to help us build the letters in our names. We had to measure and cut each piece to match the length of each letter in our names.
We found a new game in our shared space. This game allows children to match different shaped pegs to create different pictures. They were able to identify different pictures, shapes and colors.
In pairs, the students were playing with different animals to create patterns and continue existing patterns. They were also sorting the different animals in different ways (such as same animal or color). The children were also matching the number symbol to the number of animals. For example, they would put one animal in the 1 container.
Amaya was creating her own pattern!
Iman and Malath were sorting the animals by type.
Saleh was measuring the length of some of his letters.
You can continue this learning at home by asking your child to identify different shapes when you go to Tamimi's or to Discovery Square (lots of different shapes there). You can also see what patterns are in your environment and ask your child about them (such as looking at the stripes on the crosswalks).
