Matching numerals, words and spots

Maths gamesFriday, 14th November, 2008
Could you match each numeral with the correct number of spots and with its proper word? We did this today in groups and each group had a race. It was fun!

Maths - Learning about shapes

2D and 3D shapes activities

We have been learning a lot about 2D shapes: squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, ovals and hexagons and 3D shapes: cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders, triangular prisms, pyramids and cones.
Here are some of the activities we play at Maths time to help us find out more about the shapes. We play with logic attribute blocks, Make "n" break game, tangrams, guess the 3D shape and the shapes loop game.
When we have free play time in the morning we like making shapes from some of the other activities too.

Number games for Senior Infants

In Room 5 we are playing lots of number games. We play games that use a die like the Spotty Dog game, the Ladybird game and snakes and ladders. We also play a "more than" card game and a fish bingo game (that uses fish instead of a die). We play these games during Maths Activity time. We learn lots about numbers when we play these games.

Halloween Maths

Today in Room 5 we had a long chat about things we think about when we talk of Halloween. We each had to choose the Halloween thing we like best. We made a chart of our favourite Halloween things, and we talked about which group had the most/least/how many more or less did each group had. Our chart looks great.

In Room 5 we are learning about numbers. We have lots of great number activities. Today we played hopscotch (saying the number as we jumped), dominoes, comparison dominoes-the highest domino each time wins, comparison cards-highest card each time wins, and the tree game. Each group will get a different activity each day.

Number Fans in Room 5

We use number fans in our class. They look like this: We can play games with them, hiding then showing the number before/after/between numbers. It is a lot of fun.

Counting stick

Senior Infants, Room 5
Tuesday, September 16th 2008.
We have a counting stick in our classroom. We use it for saying all our numbers and figuring out which number comes where on the stick. We even have challenges where teacher points to the stick and we have to call out the number she is on.